68 TIlxVNSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



Mr. Forrest — I am almost afraid of saying anything for sweet cherries 

 after hearing our veterans. I know of some in Woodford county, near 

 Minonk, top-grafted on a Morello stock: the union is poor, but the 

 trees are growing well. Trees planted alongside of them, on other 

 stocks have uniformly been failures. This is in the open prairie. 



Mr. Ililliax'd — I would like to inquire as to old Morello. I consider 

 it superior to any other we have had. It is true they are not profitable 

 for market — they are so juicy. 



Early White Heart, — The President— In this class of cherry there 

 are onl}" a few individuals that seem to have been successful — it will be 

 observed by their location, they are either as far south as Alton, or thej^ 

 have a peculiar situation among bluffs or along rivers, or under the lee 

 of a bluff. I have noticed another thing — that people are not willing to 

 tell of their failures. It is only justice to the public that we should be 

 just as willing to tell of our failures as of our successes. 



Mr. Shephard — I have a white cherry wdth a slight blush on its 

 cheek. It is not on the list unless this is it. I got it from New York, 

 and they told me it was a recent importation from Germany. I have 

 had it in bearing five or six years, and it has borne abundantly. It 

 ripens before any of the old fashioned cherries. I attribute this to its 

 being in a sandy place, and its healthfulness. It is exposed to the 

 western blasts. That cherry I would recommend. I do not know 

 whether it is the Early White Heart or not. 



Mr. Hilliard — I think it is a little hardier than an}^ other of the 

 Hearts. It is a delicious, sweet cherry. It generally overbears. The 

 wood is about as hardy as the Bigarreau. It does not come into mar 

 ket as early as some other sorts. 



Mr. Edwards — I have a single tree of this kind, planted in 1850, on a 

 Mazzard stock. It is now standing v^^here it is sheltered, and ever}^ 

 third or fourth year I have a full crop of fruit. It bears good cultiva- 

 tion, and yields pretty well. 



The President — Was it not grafted pretty deeply ? 



Mr. Edwards — Yes, sir. 



Gridley. — Dr. Hull — It is a gem in our latitude. It is equal to any 



