THE KANSAS CHERRY. 65 



GKEEN'S BLACK TARTARIAN CHERRY. 



I have spoken in these cohimns about the old cherry trees stand- 

 ing near our house at Rochester, N. Y., which have borne heavy loads 

 of the finest fruits regularly each season as far back as the oldest in- 

 habitants can remember. This year these trees have been as heavily 

 laden as formerly, and the fruit has been uniformly of the finest char- 

 acter and free from blemish. This year, as in former years, this fruit 

 has been in eatable condition for about four weeks, and at the present 

 writing, July 5, the cherries are in their prime. 



We pick these cherries for market before th6y turn black, since 

 that is the condition in which the buyers desire them. In this con- 

 dition they stand shipping well and are in good demand. At five 

 cents per j^ound, the fruit from these three cherry trees this season 

 will amount to fifty dollars. At this rate, an acre of this variety would 

 yield $1120 gross. I have stated to my friends that if I had ten 

 acres of cherry trees that would yield like these, I would need no 

 other source of revenue. Cherries this year, 1899, have sold in Cleve- 

 land at ten cents per pound wholesale. At Rochester they have been 

 cheaper, owing to the large quantity of cherries growing in this local- 



ity. 



The Windsor cherry has fruited at Green's fruit farm this year and 

 proved, as usual, to be a variety of extraordinary merit. It is a large 

 cherry, almost black. It is not quite so firm as Black Tartarian, there- 

 fore, possibly, not quite so valuable for shipping ; but for eating out 

 of hand it is, if anything, superior in quality to Black Tartarian. — 

 OreeiCs Fruit Grower. 



TO SPROUT CHERRY PITS. 



"Please let me know the best way to sprout plum, cherry and peach pits. I 

 am in the nursery business on a small scale, and, although I have always put my 

 seeds in beds in fall, have had trouble to get them to burst in the spring." — H. 

 M. K., Newville, Pa. 



Our correspondent's trouble rises, perhaps, from not having the 

 seeds moist enough in the seed-bed. If a seed-bed is too dry and not 

 covered by snow, so that the seeds simply freeze dry, the results are 

 not likely to be good. Stratify the seeds — that is, mix them with 

 soil, or sand — and put into a convenient box, and bury box and all in 

 some situation where they will keep moist through the winter and 

 where they will freeze well. In tlie spring sift out of the earth, and 

 plant. Some prefer to go over them by hand in the spring and crack 

 with a light hammer any which are not sutficien'tly opened. This 

 should give the desired result. 

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