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to do with it than the frost, though the frost will sometimes kill 

 the bloom. When trees are weak from being on the wrong kind 

 of roots they will lose fruit from frost, which a good root might 

 have saved. 



Mr. Peyton — Nurserymen use Mahaleb stock almost entirely. 

 Where can we procure other stock? Mazzard and Mahaleb are all 

 that are quoted. I want to know how we can obtain stock for 

 propagation in a practical way. We can get sprouts for budding 

 in a small way, but not for larger growing. 



Secretary Goodman — Silas Wilson of Atlantic, Iowa, used to 

 make a business of growing seedlings of the Early Richmond for 

 this purpose. You can get them in Iowa, probably. 



Mr. Baxter — I know of trees of May Duke budded on com- 

 mon Morello, some on Mahaleb and some on their own stock, and 

 all acted alike. 



Secretary Green, of Iowa State Society — I have been much 

 interested in the cherry question. Iowa is about the North limit 

 for this fruit. The money cherry of Iowa is the Early Richmond. 

 Next to this is the Montmorency. Another that has been largely 

 planted, but is going out of the market, is the English Morello. 

 It has been attacked by the shot hole fungus, and nearly all the 

 trees in the State have been killed. There are periods when these 

 diseases do more damage than others. For a series of years there 

 was very little damage, but the last few years many trees have been 

 lost. As to the root question, we have gone over it many times. 

 I would prefer the Early Richmond on its own roots and English 

 Morello upon the Morello roots. Where on its own roots, it gives 

 the best success with us. We know there is a great deal of influ- 

 ence between the stock and the roots. I used to think there was- 

 none, but know differently now. One thing we are driven to; if 

 we want to raise English Morello, we most spray the trees. This 

 fungus does not do very much harm to the Early Richmond, as it 

 comes after the leaf is more fully developed than the later Morello. 

 This is why this disease attacks the latter varieties the worst. 



Question — Are there two varieties of Montmorencies "^ 



Mr. Green — There are several varieties of Montmorencies, 

 early and late, same as with the Morellos. The Wragg is a selected 

 strain of the English Morello. There has been great confusion 

 between the two, but the Wragg is the more dwarf. I believe that 

 our failure with the Morello is due to disease rather than the 

 stock. Many conditions come in and help to govern this matter. 



