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to be too wet in seasons of excessive rainfall, rye or winter M'lieat may 

 be used to take up some of the excess by growtli in the spring, cnni 

 being taken to plow under in time to check any undue loss of mois- 

 ture by allowing to grow too late. The curculio is the insect that lias 

 destroyed some crops of this fruit and is about the only pest it has. 

 In some seasons it becomes a scourge, and jarring onto sheets and 

 destroying it is about the only remedy. Leaf-blight with me lias not 

 been serious except in very wet seasons and I am very sure that it can 

 be held in check or entirely prevented by thorough spraying with 

 Bordeaux mixture. I have been able to hold the leaves on nursery 

 trees until late in the season by its use when unsprayed trees in the 

 immediate vicinity were entirely deniided, but the applications were 

 made at the time the fruit was ripening and a little earlier; this would 

 prevent its use in the orchard. I have thought that early spraying 

 for several successive seasons would tone up the trees and carry them 

 through the season unharmed. 



Two or three pickings are sufficient to go over the Early Richmond 

 and Montmorency, but the English Morello should have more fre- 

 quent attention to get the fruit into market at its best. I have mar- 

 keted all of my fruit in twenty-four-quart cases and paid the pickers 

 from one to one and one-fourth cents per quart, the condition of the 

 crop regulating the price. Some growers use ten- and twenty-pound 

 baskets for marketing, which may do for a near-by market. 



THE CHERRY. 



A paper by J. W. Johnson, read before the Allen County Horticultural Society February 9, 1900. 



The cherry is no longer considered simply as a luxury, but as a 

 staple fruit, and few of our orchard products can be served in more 

 varied or tempting forms. But few seem to give it more than a small 

 place in their orchard, many giving it far too little thought. Mr. 

 Wellhouse, in talking of "Apples for Profit," said he plants but few 

 varieties, and these well known as adapted to climate, seasons, and 

 the market uj)on which he depends for profits. These are essential 

 in the cherry orchard for profit and also for home consumption, and 

 should be incorporated in our plans. 



Our suggestions to one contemplating the setting of a cherry or- 

 chard for the money profits are to keep in mind these points : Soils 

 adapted to the cherry ; care in setting and culture ; varieties adapted 

 to your locality, the succession you desire; and the market you can 

 reasonably hope to find. 



As to the soil. Downing says that "a sandy or gravelly soil is the 



