PEARS, PEACHES, QUINCES, ETC. 181 



Little or no pruning is needed except to head in those 

 branches that grow so as to give the trees an irregular 

 shape. One- or two-year-old trees are best for planting, 

 the pruning needed before planting being the same as 

 for the apple and pear. The spring is the best time for 

 planting, though if planted early in the fall they will 

 succeed fairly well. 



Varieties. 



Two groups of cherries are grown, the sour or cooking 

 cherries and the sweet for table use. 



The former are more hardy and productive, and most 

 easily grown. Of the sour cherries, the Early Richmond 

 and Montmorencey are generally grown, while of the 

 sweet kinds the Governor Wood, Black Tartarian, and 

 Windsor are perhaps the best. 



Marketing the Fruit. 



Most of the fruit grown in the Eastern States is mar- 

 keted in quart strawberry baskets packed in 3 2 -quart or 

 bushel crates, though where grown for canning they are 

 sold in larger market baskets. 



Insect and Fungous Pests. 



The insects most destructive to the cherry are the 

 black aphis or plant louse, the plum curculio, and the 

 peach borer. The former is black in color and causes 

 the leaves to curl up and often drop off after a time. 

 The remedy is to pick off and destroy the curled leaves 

 when they first appear. The remedy for the other two 

 insect pests has been described under the Plum and 

 Peach. The black knot is destroyed as described under 

 the Plum. 



