218 State Horticultural Society. 



Mr. Baxter said cherry trees on Mazzard stocks sometimes did 

 better than those on Mahaleb stocks. 



Mr. Butterfield.- — The Mazzard sprouts. 



Mr. Baxter. — I said the Morello is the best stock for the cherry. 

 This question was discussed very thoroughly in Illinois by Dr. Hull 

 and others years ago. 



Miss Park, Greene Co. — We are not all discouraged as badly as 

 Mr. Hopkins in the vicinity of Springfield. I know one man who 

 will plant a ten acre cherry orchard next spring. 



INSECTS ON THE CHERRY. 



Prof. J. M. Stedman. 



There are not so many insects which prey upon the cherry as upon 

 the apple. The New York weevil and the imbricated snout beetle feed 

 on the young and tender bark and foliage and sometimes upon the buds 

 before they open in the spring. "We know little of the life history of 

 tliase insects and must fight them upon the tree itseK. At a time when 

 the trees are leaved out it is difficult to reach the twigs which are covered 

 with the leaves, but it can be held somewhat in check by spraying with 

 the arsenate of lead. 



Tent caterpillars of both species work on cherry trees, and can be 

 fought as spoken of in the apple. The fall web worm can be twisted out 

 with a forked stick if you take it in time. The cherry borer is found 

 only in a few localities. It is not general in the state. It is difficult 

 to fight in a very successful way. Use the same wash that I recom- 

 mended for apple borers. 



Cherry leaves are eaten by a number of lepidopterous insects. 

 Spray with arsenate of lead in preference to Paris green, London 

 purple, arsenate of lime or soda. 



To make arsenate of lead use 11 ounces of acetate of lead and four 

 ounces of white arsenic, to seventy-five or fifty gallons of water. 

 This formula is for any biting insects on the cherry. The leaf crum- 

 pler will damage the cherry more than the apple. The canker worm 

 also feeds upon the cherry. Give all of them the arsenate of lead. 



