230 ILLINOIS STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. Lukins — I have a few Early Richmonds and English Morellos, 

 on Mahaleb stock, growing upon a sand hill, which bore last summer for 

 the first time, and the English Morellos bore three times as much as the 

 Early Richmonds. I think that variety does best on poor land. 



Mr. Slade has had English Morellos do exceedingly well on prairie, 

 even better than on the timber soil where he now lives, which is not as 

 rich as the prairie soil. Half of his trees were grafted upon Mahaleb and 

 half on Morello stocks ; those on Morello have already borne heavy crops, 

 but those on Mahaleb none as yet. They are all seven years' growth from 

 the graft. In answer to questions, he said he had seven hundred trees, 

 and had not been much troubled by the birds. 



Mr. Woodard said that both these varieties, worked upon Morello 

 stocks, had done exceedingly well in the eastern part of the State, within 

 four or five miles of Lake Michigan. On his place, Early Richmond had 

 produced well on both kinds of stocks. 



The President inquired if any of the members had used the Mazzard 

 cherry as a stock for either of these varieties. 



Mr. Woodard replied that many years ago he had used stocks of 

 Mazzard, but they had gradually died out, and he would not recommend 

 them, as they were not hardy enough for this climate. 



Mr. Scott grafted in 1858 on both Mazzard and Mahaleb stocks; 

 the Mazzard stocks overgrew the graft and gradually failed, until they 

 were all dead. The trees on the Mahaleb flourished and are still good. 



Mr. Lukins said that fourteen years ago he bought a lot of Early 

 Richmond trees from Mr. Phenix, which were grafted upon Mazzard 

 stocks, near the ground, which he saved, and made valuable by raising a 

 mound of earth about the trunks, so as to bury the whole of the stock. 

 In the same year he bought trees from Mr. Ellsworth, worked upon 

 Mahaleb stocks. These had been the most valuable. 



Mr. Woodard stated that Mr. Dunning, near Chicago, who is an 

 extensive grower of Early Richmond cherries, had such excellent success 

 in the use of Morello stocks that trees on any other stock were not wanted 

 in that region. 



Mr, Lukins — I grafted a (ew trees on Morello stocks, but they have 

 borne no more fruit per acre than those on Mahaleb when six years old. 



D. C. ScOFiELD — The nature of the soil has much to do with the 

 profits of growing cherries. I planted six hundred trees on prairie soil, 

 in close proximity to my groves, which bore only a partial crop ; and 



