CULTURAL METHODS IN GROWING THE CHERRY 

 W. L. McKAY, GENEVA, N. Y. 



As in the case of most horticultural 

 pursuits what iiuv one person may have 

 discovered from the standpoint of his 

 experience under local conditions may 

 not always apply to other localities, or 

 may, possibly, even vary from the experi- 

 ence of other growers in the same locality. 

 The little I may have to tell about cherry 

 "rowing will be conclusions founded on 

 the results of an expedience of nearly 

 twenty-five years at Geneva. 



ADAPTATION OF VARIETIES TO MARKET 



Before planting, I asked myself, as all growers must do, the 

 two most important questions of all that confront the prospec- 

 tive cherry grower, "Will cherries grow in my locality?" and 

 "What market do I wish to enter?" As I planted for the 

 canning trade, I planted only two varieties Montmorency and 

 Napoleon. For this trade the Napoleon is the best sweet variety, 

 although Yellow Spanish is also used, but Napoleon is preferred 

 as having less color. Montmorency is, of course, the one ex- 

 cellent sour variety for canning, although Morello is much used 

 also. At best, however, the Morello does not produce more than 

 1 in If the quantity for the same acreage that the Montmorency 

 produces. Just at present those planting for shipment to city 

 markets are finding that the blacks command the highest prices, 

 while, for a local market, all the varieties named including the 

 blacks give a good assortment. 



ESSENTIALS FOR VIGOROUS GROWTH 



There is a common impression that cherries may as well be 

 planted on poorer land ; this is a mistake. On the contrary let 

 me strongly urge that the cherry orchard be given as good as 



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