(Read Preface) 

 REQUIREMEMTS AND METHODS OF GROWING THE CHERRY 



Climatic Requirements - Warm sunny weather, freedom from excessive heat, and 



heavy late spring rains. 



Soil Requirements 



Deep, rich, well drained soils, retentive of moisture. 

 No clay. Preferably sediments. 



Water Requirements- Plenty of moisture with v/ater table belov? 15'. 

 Setting Out and Caring for Orchards to Maturity- 



Distance Apart of Trees 



Average Number per Acre 



Time o f Planting Out 



Age to Self-Sustaining Crop 



Age to Maturity 



Length of profitable Life 



Most Populat Varieties 



30' X 30' ■ 



48 



January, February, or March 

 8 years 

 12 years 



Estimated 40 years 

 Napoleon (Royal Ann), Black 

 Tartarian, Bing, Lambert 

 Calendar of Operations : 



Irrigation : Not much given, foothill section an exception 



vjhen usually given during June, July and 



August , 

 Pruned to form lo"/ head and develop tree. 

 None 



February - Lime sulphur if necessary 

 Plov/ed, cross plowed and v/orked down into shape, 



cultivated 6 times at monthly intervals, 



beginning in April. 

 Companion cropping: Intercropped to berries, small fruits, grain, 



beans, beets, corn, and sometimes alfalfa. 



Usually discontinued after trees are 4- 6 



yisars old. 



Caring for Bearing Orchards- 



Calendar of Operations : 



Pruning 

 Fertilizing 

 Spraying 

 Cultivatioft 



Not much irrigation done, except as noted above. 



February - lime sulphur. 



Only to keep tree's shapely, December - January 



Sometimes manure put on 



Plo;ved, cross plovred and worked into shape. 



Cultivated twice ammonth until end of July, 

 Fumigating : None 

 Thinning Fruit :Not dgne. 



Irrigation 



Spraying 



Pruning 



Fertilising 



Cultivating 



