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other fruit leads to the conclusion that very lively scarecrows 

 would be needed to interfere with the work of Nebraska birds. In 

 Europe, cheap netting is used for protecting cherries and similar 

 fruits, and this method could be adopted for a few clumps of June- 

 berries with slight expense. 



The productiveness of the dwarf varieties is beyond dispute. 

 The plants are covered with a mass of fruit until ripe enough for 

 the birds to consider it worth their attention. In Nebraska it 

 ripens from June 10 to July 4, in New York somewhat later. It 

 will thrive upon any soil, as it is found from the lowest swamps 

 to the highest mountain tops, and when once established will care 

 for itself, if necessary, though it is, of course, benefited by good 

 cultivation and attention. It is absolutely hardy, and a planta- 

 tion will continue to thrive and bear fruit almost indefinitely. 



The Juneberry is said to propagate from seeds as readily as 

 apples. It is more commonly multiplied from the sprouts which 

 spring up around the base of the plants. One Iowa grower 

 recommends root-grafting it on apple seedlings.* It has been 

 recommended as a satisfactory stock upon which to graft the pear.f 

 It has also been reported from Illinois as a particularly suitable 

 stock for the quince, t causing the fruit to mature earlier and 

 endure the winter better. 



Enemies will doubtless appear, should the Juneberry come to 

 be generally cultivated. Already it has been notedg that the plum 

 curculio is frequently found among the bushes, and many of the 

 fruits are stung by them. The berries were also found to be 

 injured by a coleopterous larva, not determined. 



The different species are so variable in the wild state that 

 varieties would doubtless multiply rapidly were they to come into 

 general cultivation. Already several have been named. The one 

 named Success, previously referred to, is doubtless the most 

 widely known, but Professor Budd refers to four forms of Amelan- 



*Trans. Iowa Hort. Soc., 1880:130. 

 tGardener's Monthly, 1861: 229, 300 and 361. 

 jTrans. Iowa Hort. Soc.. 1879 :440. 

 glnsect Life, 3:219. 



