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sprayed them with this whitewash and sprayed all underneath 

 the limbs and am not bothered at all, I raise apples every year. 



Chairman: Would you advise planting them in where apple 

 trees had died out; would you put in cherries or apples there 

 again? 



Mr. Harris. I would put in cherries if it were I. 



Mr. Spencer: I would like to hear from some of the nursery- 

 men in regard to replacing the dead apple tree with live apple 

 trees. I am inclined to think it a little easier to raise* a cherry 

 tree than an apple tree. I think it grows a little better than the 

 apple tree. I would recommend the cherry in preference 

 to the apple. 



Mr. Williams: That has been my experience. I have an 

 apple orchard. 



A Member: The Early Richmond is the standard in Nebr- 

 aska. When you strike any other trees you are trying an experi- 

 ment. It may result in good and it may not. 



Mr. Williams: I know from my own experience there is a wide 

 market for cherries. We sold the early Richmonds, which were 

 very abundant every where, and while they brought a good price 

 being the first in the market, they soon dropped down to $1.75 a 

 bushel. That was because every one who had those kind of 

 cherries were bringing them in. A couple of weeks after the 

 glut was over the prices recovered, and as soon as the late cher- 

 ries were on the market there was a decided advance. You 

 could get $2.00 a bushel for Montmorency and English Morellos, 

 where the early Richmond were $1.00 a bushel. That was this 

 last season. I have seen that repeated time and again. It is 

 not advisable to grow all cherries of one kind or variety. I 

 should put Montmorency first, as most desirable for a large 

 commercial orchard, Early Richmond second, and English 

 Morello third; one-third Montmorency, two-thirds of the other 

 third in Early Richmond, and the other one-sixth in English 

 Morello. 



A Member: The general concensus of opinion of nursery- 

 men why cherry trees died this season, was owing to the wet 

 season. 



Mr. Beltzer: I would like to know if anybody has any 



