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sap the moisture out of the ground. It is a perfect plant to put 

 in the orchard. The soil never crusts under them. The young 

 trees in the course of two or three years will furnish the neces- 

 sary shade and windbreak that the berries want. Therefore 

 they work together. 



As to currants and gooseberries, put them in the same place, 

 only in the fruit tree row, North and South. If you plant a 

 currant in the sun, it will grow and bloom perfectly but it is a 

 Uttle too bright and warm for the fruit to hang on in large 

 bunches as it should. If you put them in the shade they will 

 succeed much better. They do better here than East. We 

 have no currant worms here. We do not have to spray the cur- 

 rants. We simply want to give them their natural condition. 

 The gooseberries are to be handled in about the same way. 



CHERRIES. 



As to varieties of the cherry, would iDlant for earliest — the Early 

 Richmond, followed by Montmorency, then English Morello 

 for the latest. Their ripening season will lap onto each other. 

 Therefore they will work well together, either for the market 

 or for the home. A dozen or two dozen cherry trees will fur- 

 nish an abundance of fruit for the home use. However, if you 

 want a few more and let the boys and girls make some money, 

 plant as many as you like. But they bear abundantly and a few 

 trees produce a great plenty for the birds and boys and 

 possibly some for the neighbors. 



In planting those, plant fifteen or twenty feet apart. Plant 

 a little deeper than the bud. Put the offset under the ground 

 a little bit. A great many who complain about their trees dy- 

 ing or sprouting, get their trouble by not planting the proper 

 depth. If planted too shallow, some cold winter kills the stock 

 just below the bud and you don't know what killed your tree. 

 The roots are alive but the tree does not leaf out right, and by 

 the middle of the summer it is dead. Now, if it sprouts, it was 

 planted too deep. It was planted six inches, probably, below 

 the bud. So bear in mind in planting to plant it about two or 

 three inches deeper than the bud. I know some of the Horti- 

 culturists object to encumbering our reports with such little 



