QUESTION OF CHERRY PLANTING. 



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by Mr. Bunting, and the interest manifested 

 by the audience in the local people who had 

 been successful was very marked. Prof. 

 Waugh concluded a very profitable evening 



with an illustrated address upon fruit buds 

 and their development. The local band en- 

 livened both evening sessions with some 

 very fine selections." 



QUESTION OF CHERRY PLANTING. 



*N an article in the Central Farmer, E. F. 

 Stephens, Crete, Neb., says : 

 " We now believe that commercial 

 orcharding with the cherry will not be nearly 

 as profitable during the coming ten years as 

 it has been during the last twenty. The 

 cherry is so easily grown and fruits at such 

 an early age that it is not difficult to over- 

 stock the market, and at this moment we 

 are inclined to wish that one-half of the 

 3,000 cherry trees in commercial orchards 

 were apple, peach or plum trees. 



" During the last five years we think the 

 majority of planters, in many Nebraska dis- 

 tricts, have planted almost as many cherry 

 trees as apple trees ; and that when all these 

 trees come into bearing, those who do not 

 have an excellent local market may find it 



difficult to sell all the fruit at a profit. We 

 have in mind a cherry orchard in the central 

 portion of the state containing 5,500 trees, 

 and we know of a large number of orchards 

 containing from 500 to 1,000 trees. 



" The fruit of the cherry must be mark- 

 eted in a few days, and will not stand ship- 

 ment to any great distance. The fruit of 

 the apple, on the other hand, can be kept 

 for long periods, and has more nearly a 

 universal demand. 



" As long as cherries like the Early Rich- 

 mond, Montmorency and English Morello 

 can be sold freely at from $1.25 to 

 $1.50 per bushel, there is good profit ; but 

 when they drop to $1 a bushel or below 

 there are better returns in raising other 

 kinds of fruit. 



Tobacco is the Best Insecticide. — Most 

 of the insects common to house plants dis- 

 like tobacco as much as does the cleanly 

 housewife. The best way to use it as an 

 insecticide upon window plants is to secure 

 a good handful of tobacco stems, place them 

 in an old basin, pour boiling water upon 

 them, and let them stand for several hours. 



Then drain off the liquid into a basin or tub 

 deep enough for immersing the tops of your 

 plants in, and dilute it with warm water until 

 it shows only a faint tint of brown. Then 

 take up the plants one at a time, and hold 

 them, tops down, in the water, washing 

 them clean. — Ladies' Home Journal. 





