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less that is done the investirient up to the present will be lost 

 and any additional expenditure will he like duraping dollars in the 

 lake. The unfortunate thing is that the ov.-ner of this orchard has 

 continued year after year to go part v/ay in the enterprize, wast- 

 ing tiiTxe and money without any hope of getting a successful crop. 



The second orchard no longer exists. It involved an 

 expenditure of ,A500 and was located on a widelj'" diversified farm 

 including dairy, poultry and vegetables. It v/as impossible to 

 apply certain sprays at the critical time because the men were 

 generally busy elsewhere. As a result, the fruit was alv/ays 

 badly blemished by curculio or too scabby to find ready sale on 

 the market. To say that such an orchard v/as a constant headache 

 to the owner is putting it mildly. There was no hope of managing 

 the orchard properly with so many other irons in the fire. Seeing 

 his mistake, he certainly did the right thing in cutting the or- 

 chard down. A diversified farm is an ideal setup provided someone 

 is responsible for doing the important things in each enterprize 

 at ,iust the right time. On a dairy farm certain tasks must be done 

 today because they will not wait until tomorrow. Fruit growers 

 realize the element of timeliness in many orchard operations. If 

 a farmer can be both dairy m.indcd and fruit minded to the extent 

 of giving each enterprize the attention it deserves, all well and 

 good. If not, diversification becomes a dubious venture. 



Identifying the Choke Cherry 



As an aid in distinguishing a choke cherry from related 

 species v/hich resem-ble it to some extent, J. S. Bailey has pre- 

 pared this brief outline shovang distinguishing characteristics 

 The chokecherry is a source of X-disease. The others are not. 



Common name 



Black cherry 

 Rijuu cherry 



Choke cherry 



Pin cherry 

 Bird cherry 



Scientific 

 name 



Dots on stem 



Prunus 

 serotina 



Leaf serrations dull 



"•7 . 



niimerous , 

 small 



Prunus 

 virginiana 



sharp 

 few, large 



Prunus 

 pennsylvanico 



sharp 



nuraerous 

 small 



Pubescence 

 (fuzz) a] ong 

 raid rib nf 

 older loaves 



Leaf shape 



present absent 

 long , narrow 



shorter & broad- 

 er than serotina 



absent 



long, pointed, 

 narrow 



Fruiting habit raceme 



Ripening 

 season 



late s\immer 



raceme 



mid su mmer 



umbel 



A 



mid summer 



