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states, but are of little value in the West, especially in the Arkansas valley. My 

 experience with the two varieties referred to has given good satisfaction. I 

 planted 100 of each kind. Early Richmond and English Morello, about ten years 

 ago. The second year they commenced bearing and have fruited every year, 

 with one exception, since, and that was not a total failure. My cherry orchard 

 is on high land, that is, it is forty feet above the river-bed, but I have known 

 the same varieties to fruit equally well on bottom land. I assert that no fruit 

 can be raised in this country with less labor and more profit than cherries. As 

 to which variety I consider best, if I were to plant but one tree, it would be 

 Richmond, but if I should plant more than one, half would be Morellos. The 

 Richmond is a much larger and hardier tree, and lives longer. The fruit is more 

 desirable for canning. Some object to it because it adheres to the stone, but 

 that is an advantage in shipping. The Morello is not of so fine a flavor, is much 

 easier to pick, and parts more readily from the stone; it is also a prolific bearer, 

 and never ceases bearing until dead. My trees have borne as much as five crates 

 each. I have always found a good market at home, at never less than $1.50 nor 

 more than $2 per crate I would earnestly recommend the planting of larger 

 numbers of cherry trees in our state. 



John Hinds, Olcott, Reno county. — Have a few Early Richmond cherry 

 trees, just beginning to bear. My soil is a black loam with clay subsoil. If planting 

 over again, I would plant only Early Richmond; think spring planting best. I 

 consider them a good paying crop. They are troubled with a web-worm: we do 

 nothing for them. Do not irrigate my trees. 



M. E. Wells, Smith Center, Smith county. — Have fifty cherry trees in 

 bearing, planted seven years, on clay loam resting on yellow silt, sloping to the 

 east. Plant sixteen feet apart. Sell the fruit in the orchard, receiving five cents 

 a quart. Have never grown, budded or grafted my own trees. If planting over, 

 I would put out Early Richmond and some others, in dead furrows, and harrow, 

 cultivate and hoe often, never mulch ; leave tops thick. My neighbors grow some 

 cherries. I consider them a good paying crop in this locality. They are troubled 

 with the curculio, which I rub off. Do not irrigate my trees. 



D. M. Adams, Rome, Sumner county. — Have eight cherry trees in bearing, 

 planted ten years. They are Morello and Early Richmond; the Richmond is the 

 best bearer with me. My soil is prairie, sloping to the southeast. Grow them 

 for home use only. They are troubled with no insects, but the birds get most of 

 the fruit. Do not irrigate my trees. 



E. K. Wolverton, Barnes, Washington county. — Have sixty Early Rich- 

 mond cherrij trees in bearing, been planted twenty-five years. My soil is high clay 

 prairie, having a northern aspect; planted twenty feet each way. Sell the fruit 

 in Barnes and Greenleaf , receiving six cents per quart. Have grown, budded and 

 grafted my own trees. If planting over, I would put out none but Early Rich- 

 mond, budded on Mahaleb roots, 20 x 20 feet, on high ground, as they are better 

 than the English Morello; other kinds do not bear well. My neighbors grow a 

 few cherries. Do not irrigate my trees ; it is not practicable. 



C H. Taylor, Eskridge, Wabaunsee county. — I have 100 cherry trees in 

 bearing which have been planted ten years. They are Early Richmond and 

 English Morello, both good bearers. My soil is a clay loam, sloping to the north. 



