Fruit 191 



cherry free. If its position is changed every night, 

 it will seem more realistic to the birds. 



Cherry trees do not require as much pruning as 

 other fruit-bearing trees. Merely cut out dead, 

 broken, or "crossed" limbs. 



Self -boiled lime sulphur is a safe summer spray 

 for the cherry trees as there is danger of burning if 

 a commercial solution is used. 



The fruit of cherries, as a rule, is found on the old 

 wood. 



Sweet cherries need much more severe pruning 

 than the sour cherries, and sweet cherries have a 

 tendency to divide into shoots of nearly equal 

 growth and thus form bad crotches which split 

 easily, so great care must be exercised in the 

 pruning. 



Cherries require a well-drained, fairly deep loam. 

 They will not thrive on dry, gravelly soil. A south- 

 ern exposure is best to protect the young buds from 

 extreme cold in the early spring. 



In the very early spring there should be applied to 

 each cherry tree a fertilizer composed of one part 

 nitrate of soda, two parts of superphosphate, and 



