PLUMS AND CHERRIES 175 



in the hills held a block of sour cherries until 

 they were five years old. These huge trees he 

 was offering to buyers at a fancy price, claim- 

 ing that by planting them they would secure 

 ' ' immediate results. ' ' There is no more wicked 

 phrase in horticulture than that same "imme- 

 diate results." It has been used to lure on the 

 purchaser of fruit trees and grower of roses, it 

 has tempted the home builder and has lead to 

 disappointment on the part of many a man and 

 woman who hoped to beautify their grounds. 

 In the growing of anything in the way of trees 

 or bushes the planter should remember that 

 "immediate results" are a snare and a delu- 

 sion. Art has nothing on horticulture when it 

 comes to slowness and no man cursed with a 

 scant store of patience should ever plant a tree 

 of any sort. Cherry trees in particular are 

 difficult to transplant even at one year from 

 the bud and as they grow older they resent still 

 more any change in their environment. 



The standard planting distance for most 

 plums is twenty feet, but this will vary some- 

 what with different sections and to a still 

 greater extent with different varieties. Some 

 of the strong growing sorts like the Red June, 

 Burbank and Lombard require more space than 

 the dwarfish kinds represented by the Green 

 Gage and Damsons. 



Cherries are planted from twenty to thirty 



