THK KANSAS CHERRY. 61 



PROF. L. H. BAILEY ON CHERRIES. 



The older cherry plantations of the state were seldom anything 

 more than scattered settings along lanes and roadsides and about 

 farm buildings. Most of these old trees have now passed their prime. 

 In very recent years a new interest in cherry growing has been awak- 

 ened by the demand from canning factories, and it has no doubt 

 been stimulated, also, by the abundant sale of California cherries 

 throughout the East. Sweet cherries are yet scarcely planted in 

 western New York in orchard blocks, although there is every reason 

 to believe that there is profit in the fruit if planters are careful to in- 

 form themselves concerning it. Sour cherries, however, are now 

 planted to an important extent, particularly about Geneva, and the 

 acreage is bound to increase. The i:)ack of canned sweet cherries is 

 still larger than that of sour cherries in western New York, in average 

 years. The scattered iplantings make uncertain croiJS, and canners 

 cannot buy as confidently as they could if there were more continu- 

 ous plantations. Consequently the pack varies much from year to 

 year. 



RUSSIAN CHERRIES. 



Prof. F. A. Waugh gave some notes on cherries, gleaned from the 

 work of the exjDeriment station and from trees sent out by the station. 

 He said that from the distribution of a miscellaneous lot of fruits, 

 largely of Russian varieties, much the larger part of the favorable 

 reports received were from the cherries. There were two reasons for 

 this, both significant. First, the Russian cherries are generally the 

 best of the Russian fruits ; and second, cherries, as a class, are better 

 able to stand the neglect of common farm treatment than other fruits. 

 Notes were given on a large number of varieties, among which the 

 following were favorably mentioned : Morello, Montgomery, Brussler, 

 Braun, Bessarabian, Schatten Amarelle, and Wragg, the latter being 

 possibly a synonym of Morello. Others present had good success 

 with Early Richmond, Dyehouse, and Olivet. — Coufifri/ G('»tlei»an's 

 report of Vermont society. 



List of varieties of the cherry voted as suitable for Kansas, in the 

 order named, by the State Horticultural Society : Early Richmond, 

 English Morello, Montmorency, Dyehouse, Ostheim, Wragg, Gov- 

 ernor Wood, Napoleon Bigarreau. 



