PRACTICAL GARDENING 



should be planted early in the spring, set firmly 

 in the soil and the surface of the soil cultivated 

 until July 15 when a cover crop should be 

 planted, clover, rye or vetch. If crops are 

 grown between the trees continue cultivation 

 until September and then mulch with straw or 

 manure. After the trees come into bearing 

 (five years) apply each spring one-half wheel- 

 barrow load of manure, two pounds of bone 

 meal, and one pound of muriate of potash to 

 each tree working this fertilizer into the first 

 three inches of soil. 



Both the sour and sweet cherries require 

 very little pruning after they come into bear- 

 ing. Keep the head low, remove all limbs that 

 cross, also all dead branches or twigs, cut out 

 and keep the limbs open enough to allow a free 

 circulation of air through the tree. The best 

 growers head their trees about eighteen inches 

 from the surface of the ground at planting 

 time. Prune early in the spring before the 

 buds start and again in the summer about 

 picking time if the foliage is very dense. The 



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