HOW TO GROW AND MARKET FRUIT 



want more than on anything else. Black Tartarian, Governor 

 Wood, Napoleon, Schmidt, Bing, Lambert, Windsor and Yellow 

 Spanish are good sweet kinds, which vary in color from black 

 to red, brown, and bright yellow. Baldwin, Dye House, Early 

 Richmond, English Morello, May Duke, Montmorency, 

 Reine Hortense and Wragg are good sour kinds of various 

 colors. English Morello, Montmorency and Early Richmond 

 are late bloomers, Baldwin is medium, and the rest are com- 

 paratively early, yet doubtless all will overlap enough to cross- 

 fertilize. Do not plant one kind alone; much better results can 

 be secured when two or more different varieties are within a 

 hundred feet of one another. 



Cherry trees do not have many serious enemies, but should 

 be sprayed and looked after regularly. Black Knot can be 

 recognized by the thick swellings on twigs, which later develop 

 into black, warty growths, and break out all over the tree. It 

 is caused by bacteria. Brown Rot of cherry is the same as of 

 peach. Plum Leaf Blight, or Shot Hole Fungus, appears in 

 small purplish spots, which turn brown and drop out, leaving 

 a little round hole in the leaves. Cherry Aphides are shiny 

 little plant lice, brown and black, found thickly on the under 

 sides of leaves in May and June. They cause leaves to curl 

 and drop early. Woolly Aphis is the same on cherry as on apple, 

 as is also San Jose Scale. Curculio of cherry is about the same 

 as apple curculio, eating away the flesh of fruit next the seed. 

 Slug is the same as on peach. If Birds eat the cherries, hang 

 bits of bright tin on limbs, or put a stuffed or live owl or cat 

 in the tree. If mulberries or service berries are near, birds will 

 not bother cherries so much. 



GRAPES 



Grapes are grown in all parts of the world, north and south, 

 on high land and on low; they seem to thrive nearly as well in 

 one place as in another. The kind of soil makes little difference, 

 though it is probable that a heavy clay is better than a sandy 

 soil. Vines thrive among rocks, on steep hillsides, and on rich 

 bottom lands. Drainage is essential, as with all fruits, and in 

 low pockets of land frost is likely to catch blossoms. An ex- 

 posure to the south or the east is better than to the north or 

 west. We cannot give the exact reasons, but know that both 

 vines and fruit are attacked by more enemies when growing on 

 low land than on high. Although it is subject to the troubles 

 mentioned, from which hillside vineyards are free, a valley floor 

 will grow the finest grapes. 



Vines are heavy feeders. Their roots extend far out and 

 make a net-work in the soil. The proper distance to plant will 

 be from six to eight feet apart, although sometimes this can be 

 changed to advantage. Strong varieties, on fertile soil, need 

 more room than small growers on poor soil. Before planting 

 is done, the ground should be worked even more thoroughly 

 and deeply than for a tree. Remember that you are planting 

 something which will last a generation, not a crop to be removed 



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