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ders. If you have to ship the fruit, either a short or long distance, it 

 is a problem. I have several thousand trees several hundred miles 

 from market and no local market. Early Richmond is the only 

 cherry I would plant, and if going to please my own taste, I would 

 get Yellow Spanish or Gov. Wood. The Wragg is a good looker 

 sometimes, but not always. 



Dr. Whitten — I want to ask what is the relation of cherries 

 to the different exposures. Is it as sensitive to location and slopes 

 as other fruits? 



Col. Evans— Plant them on top of a hill, and the higher the 

 better. 



Mr. Dix — Cherries are the only fruit that will succeed with- 

 out cultivation. Early Richmond is the best. 



Question — Is it safe to prune cherry trees? 



Mr. Dix — Never prune cherries. 



G. T. Tippin — Speaking of a location for a cherry orchard, I 

 have about concluded that the slope of the weather has more to 

 do with it than the slope of the land. I got up to say something 

 in defense of the English Morello; for I can remember when it 

 was the most popular variety. It has been dying for the last 

 few years. This is just what is wanted for a late fruit. It has 

 occurred to me that the difficulty with the English Morello might 

 be attributed to the stock upon which it is worked. I think if 

 propagated on the English Morello, we would have one of the 

 most profitable sorts of all. The character of the Mahaleb stock 

 is to make a fall growth. When we have late warm falls, the cherry 

 trees throw out a second growth, and I think this is the source of 

 the injury throughout the country. I only mention the matter 

 as a suggestion, but have been observing closely, and think there 

 is something in this. If we can save the trees, I think this one 

 of the most profitable varieties. 



Dr. Whitten — We believe that the stock on which the cherry is 

 worked to be most important. In the Ozarks, I think, growers 

 would succeed best, with the Morello on the same stock. This 

 variety is a vigorous grower and roots deep. In the Northern 

 part of the State the Early Richmond on Mahaleb stock does well. 

 We don't grow them well at the Station. There are some hill or- 

 chards near enough to study. Since we cannot grow them to any 

 great age or very well, we want to get the experience of others. 



Mr. Steiman — I found a number of trees had frozen or died ; 

 then sprouts came up from the roots and grew just as good berries 

 as the old tree. 



