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ering trees as a protection from birds, we procured 
from the American Net and Twine Co., of Boston, 
Mass., several hundred square yards of bird netting, 
and apart of the trees were covered with this just 
before the fruit began to ripen. 
“Three trees of the Bessarabian variety were 
standing together in the same row, all well loaded 
with early fruit. Two of these were covered with the 
netting and the third left exposed. When the fruit 
on the covered trees was ready to pick, the exposed 
tree was completely stripped of every cherry, thus 
showing what the result would have been to the 
others had they not been protected. The question 
has often been asked: Will it pay? 
“As alrendy stated, the trees were young, having 
been set but six years. Each tree bore a half bushel 
or more of fine fruit this year, which sold for eight 
to ten cents per quart. The trecs were of the round- 
headed type, about ten feet high, so that the labor 
involved in covering was comparatively slight. The 
amount of netting required for each tree was about 
seventy-five square yards, which cost four cents per 
square yard. As soon, however, as the fruit from 
these early trees was gathered, the netting was trans- 
ferred to later varieties, and the same process re- 
peated. So that when the experiment was completed 
the account stood as follows: 
To 75 yds. netting at 4 cents. $3.00 | By 16 qts. of cherries at 10 cts. .$1.60 
ins 18 ae “é “ce 4é 8 “e Lt 
$3.00 $3.04 
