18 • THE KANSAS CHBRRY. 



planting their orchards in the following manner, and we consider it 

 as having more advantages than any yet recommended: First, pro- 

 cure a half-dozen or more stakes, four or five feet high ; set these 

 stakes in line where you want the south row of trees; then, with a 

 steady team, plow and mark out a straight furrow in range with the 

 stakes ; have a man follow after and measure the distance for the next 

 row to the north, and set the stakes, then mark out as for the first row ; 

 and so on until the north side of the plat is reached. Now set the 

 stakes north and south one foot east of where the east row of trees is 

 wanted. Begin at the south end, and mark out a furrow in line with 

 the stakes, throwing the furrow to the east ; then turn back, letting 

 the near horse walk in the furrow ; run another furrow parallel with 

 the first one, and about twenty inches west of it ; make one more 

 round, and throw out the center, thereby making a dead furrow where 

 the first row of trees is to stand. Use a good, stout team and have a 

 dead furrow running north and south where the rows of trees are to 

 stand, twenty to twenty-four inches wide and eight to ten inches deep, 

 which is about the right depth. Go along with a shovel and throw 

 out any loose dirt that may have fallen back where the east-and-west 

 marks cross, where the trees are to stand. 



The cherry tree is a close grower, requiring little room, forming 

 either an upright or low, round head, according to varieties. For 

 convenience in cultivation, the rows should be twenty feet apart, and 

 trees fifteen feet in the row. 



Many trees fail because planted too late in the spring, and many 

 more fail because planted in the fall. The safest time is in the 

 spring, as soon as the winter's frost has left the ground. Let one 

 man take a tree, set it in the dead furrow, where the east-and-west 

 marks cross, sj^reading the roots in natural shape ; another throws on 

 a few shovelfuls of well-iDulverized surface-soil, seeing that this is 

 well worked around the roots ; then let the one holding the tree tramp 

 the soil well around it while the other fills, till the earth is about level 

 with the surface. Lean to the southwest. It is best to plant the 

 trees of each variety together [ ?]. 



The first summer after planting is a critical time and the trees 

 should receive great care. Keep clean and cultivate well. Provide 

 doubletree not over twenty- five to thirty inches long, and singletrees 

 not over sixteen or eighteen inches, and when cultivating always 

 use them. With care there is no need of barking. If planted 

 in dead furrows, soon close up the dead furrows with a plow. In 

 eight or ten days plow the ground again, throwing a furrow to the 

 trees, not more than two or three inches deep, about four rounds to 

 each row. Kepeat three or four times during the season, or as often 



