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Morellos is oil the trees in July, so that there 

 is abundant opportunity to sow a catch crop 

 on the orchard for a winter cover, if the 

 manager so desires. A variety of plants 

 may be used for this cover. The best is pro- 

 bably crimson clover, particularly if the or- 

 chard needs more nitrogen or growth ; and, 

 if American grown seed is sown by the mid- 

 dle of August in a well prepared soil, the 

 clover will probably pass the winter safely. 

 ( )ther plants which may be used for cover 

 are rye, winter wheat, vetch, field pea, sowed 

 corn, millet and buckwheat. Of these, only 

 the two first will live through the winter and 

 grow in the spring. In using cover crops 

 which survive the winter, it is very import- 

 ant that they be turned under just as soon as 

 the ground is dry enough in spring. As 

 soon as the plant begins to grow it evapo- 

 rates moisture and dries out the soil ; and it 

 is more important, as a rule, to save this 

 moisture than it is to secure the extra herb- 

 age which would result from delay. This 

 is especially true with the sour cherry, which 

 matures its product so early in the season. 



and which profits so mucli by a liberal and 

 constant supply of soil moisture. Plowing 

 can also be begun earlier on land which has 

 a sowed crop upon it, because of the drying 

 action of the crop. The fertilizers which 

 give best results with other orchard fruits 

 may be expected to yield equally good re- 

 turns with the cherry. 



It is an almost universal fault to plant 

 cherry trees too close together. The Mont- 

 morency should not be planted closer than 

 18 feet each way, in orchard blocks, al- 

 though it is often set as close as twelve feet. 

 The English Morello is a more bushy growl- 

 er and may, perhaps, be set as close as 16 

 feet with success ; but I believe that even this 

 variety should stand 18 feet apart. The 

 sour cherry orchards in Western New York 

 are yet so young that the evil effects of close 

 planting have not yet been made apparent. 

 T find, how^ever, that nearly every shrewd 

 orchardist who has had experience with 

 these fruits is convinced that the general 

 planting is too close. — Cornell Bulletin. 



GROWING CAULIFLOWERS 



FIRST, it must be borne in mind that 

 while cauliflowers when young are 

 not to be distinguished from cabbage, yet 

 they are much tenderer than cabbage, and a 

 degree of cold that does not affect young 

 cabbage will readily destroy young cauli- 

 flowers. 



The requirements of successful cauli- 

 flower growing are : First, good seed ; sec- 

 ond, good variety ; third, a rich soil in all the 

 essential elements of food. The cauliflower 

 requires more moisture than cabbage. 

 Plants should be made ready for setting otit 

 by the time it is safe to put them in the open 



ground, and the cultivation should be shal- 

 low and frequent. A half acre of good land 

 will produce 2,500 heads easily. The Early 

 Snowball is one of the leading varieties, but 

 there are other just as good under other 

 names. To produce the best results the 

 plants should be transplanted at least twice 

 from one frame to another before the final 

 setting out in the operL By this means all 

 defective plants are sure to be rejected, and 

 the crop if grown in well prepared, highly 

 enriched soil, is almost sure to be profitable. 

 — Vick's Magazine. 



