170 CHERRIES. 



well. In the shifting and drifting sands of the 

 northwest "'Sand Hills" it is almost as sure a crop 

 with a fair share of attention as their native sand 

 cherry. 



What has been said under the heads of ' ' Orchard 

 Management' ' and 4 ' Making the Orchard' ' wijl 

 apply to the cherry as well as to the apple, with this 

 exception: they may be planted much closer, say 

 for most varieties 8 feet north and south by 16 feet 

 east and west. Should the trees after years inter- 

 fere too much each alternate one may be removed, 

 but this will rarely become necessary. 



The cherries as well as all other stone fruit is 

 propagated by budding. They are mostly worked 

 on the Mahaleb stock. In planting a cherry there 

 will be a necessity of observing where the point of 

 union is between the stock and the bud, or tree 

 that has grown from it, and set the tree a little 

 below that point. The Mahaleb cherry, while 

 very hardy in root or stock when below ground, is 

 tender when exposed above. It is frequently the 

 case that this wood is left several inches above the 

 ground surface and in such cases in a severe winter 

 it is apt to kill and leave the tree worthless, with a 

 good root and perfect top, but a dead section of a 

 few inches near the ground. In such cases the 

 tree will leaf out and blossom weakly, but soon 

 dries up, as its food is cut off both from above and 

 below. 



There is another point here to be remembered 

 also. If the tree is planted so deeply that a con- 



