56 THE KANSAS CHERRY. 



Planted my trees tea by twenty feet. Market the fruit in half- bushel baskets, at 

 home and in Topeka. Receive $2 per bushel. I always grow, bud and graft my 

 own trees. If planting over, I would set out English Morello, worked on Morello 

 roots, set in deep, rich soil, and thoroughly cultivated. My neighbors grow but 

 few cherries. I consider them a good paying crop in this locality. They are not 

 troubled with insects. I do not irrigate my cherry trees. 



Alexander Spiers, Linn, Washington county. — Have about 100 cherry 

 trees in bearing, which have been planted from five to fifteen years; the varieties 

 are Early Richmond, Common, Black and English Morello; the English Morello 

 is a rapid grower but poor bearer; the best for bearing and quality of fruit are 

 Black Morello and Early Richmond. My soil slopes tow^ards the southeast; 

 plant twenty feet apart; sell the fruit in the orchard, receiving from five to ten 

 cents per quart. If planting again, I would set the same varieties I have now, 

 excepting the English Morello, and would cultivate and take good care of them, 

 and would get good returns. My neighbors grow cherries. I consider them a 

 good paying crop; they are troubled with no insects. I do not irrigate my trees. 



AV. I>. Cellar, Edwardsville, Wyandotte county. — I have 600 cherry trees, 

 planted from five to nine years; they are Early Richmond, Dyehouse, English 

 Morello, Ostheim, and Montmorency ; of these I find the Early Richmond and 

 English Morello to be the best bearers. My soil is clay, with a clay subsoil, 

 sloping towards the east and south. I plant 15x25 feet; gather fruit in quart 

 boxes, and market in twenty-four-quart crates. Sell in Kansas City, and west- 

 ern Kansas and Colorado towns, receiving, usually, from one to two dollars per 

 crate. I have grown, budded and grafted my own cherries. If doing it over, 

 I would plant Early Richmond and English Morello, 15x20 feet. My neighbors 

 grow a few cherries. I consider it a fair paying crop. The cui-culio trouble 

 them ; we do nothing for them. 



3Iaj. F. Holsiiiger, Rosedale, Wyandotte county. — Experience says, plant 

 only the Morello varieties, if you would succeed. How much disappointment 

 has resulted in trying to raise the Dukes and Bigarreaus; an impossibility in our 

 climate. "Why?" do you ask? My answer would be, inclemency of winter, 

 and the occasional drought of summer. Be the cause what it may, any attempt 

 must end in disaster — and there you are. Confine your efforts to the Morello 

 and you may have a meed of success. True, the cherry is not a long-lived tree, 

 and disappointments await you even here. If you are guided by the best ad- 

 vice you can still hope for success. In the selection of a location for an orchard, 

 choose only a well-drained soil. The cherry must have dry feet. Any location 

 inclined to be wet must end in failure. Varieties are the next consideration. 

 Of the many Morellos, Dyehouse, Early Richmond, Montmorency, English 

 Morello and Wragg are the best with me. There are new varieties yet not 

 suflBciently tried to warrant their recommendation. The cherry, like other fruits, 

 makes it growth early in the season. The first six weeks of summer is the time. 

 In this time too much cultivation cannot be given. After the tree has gone into 

 rest there is little use for cultivation. By attention to the facts given above, I 

 have found more satisfaction in the cultivation of the cherry than from any 

 other fruit. 



