THE CHERRY 
At the beginning of the third year’s 
growth from three to five of the best 
branches should be selected to form the 
frame work of the tree. The remainder 
should be cut off and those headed back 
to from one-third to one-half of their 
original length, cutting to outer buds al- 
ways and maintaining the most central 
one as a leader, which should be from 
four to six inches longer than the rest. 
These branches should be selected with 
special reference to their position on the 
main stem and to one another. They 
should have wide angles, no two should 
be opposite and be as far apart as possible 
on the main stem. 
When to Prune 
winter. 
CHERRIES IN ALASKA. 
Cherries—Trees, Production and Value 
U. S. Census 1910 
1910 1909———- 
Trees Trees not 
; of bearing of bearing Production 
Division or State— age age (bushels) Value 
United States ...... 11,822,044. 5,621,660 4,126,099 $7,231,160 
Geographic Divisions : 
New England .......... 68,236 32,587 14,904 38,424 
Middie Atlantic .....:: 1,851,144 659,953 791,326 1,541,708 
Hast North Central..... 3,853,974 1,523,247 1,410,298 2,362,344 
West North Central..... 2,768,659 1,117,583 15,6 35,537 
South Atlantic......... 1,063,825 364,118 327,706 394,990 
Hast South Central..... 453,262 257,112 94, 43,166 
West South Central..... 385,50 242,569 9, 14, 
Mountain ...cccc en aee 390,644 §81,641 147,854 300,485 
Pacific ... ccc uw cn ewes 986, 798 342, 900 813, 494 1,500, 105 
New England: 
Maine ...cecesecevees . 14,288 6,653 2,403 7,164 
New Hampshire........ 9,463 6,326 1,403 4,133 
Vermont ..ccccecnacece 18,006 6,659 2,506 7,651 
Massachusetts ......... 18,396 6,776 4,761 10,848 
Rhode Island .......... 964 453 214 46 
Comnecticut ......060e. 12,119 5,720 3,617 8,164 
Middle Atlantic: 
New York .......- tee. 673,989 342,959 271,597 544,508 
New Jersey .......266. 102 "124 36,743 44,636 87,225 
Pennsylvania .......6. 1,075, 031 280,251 475,093 909,975 
East North Central: 
OHIO ccc esac ccccccvace 1,144,271 342,328 338,644 657,406 
Indiana eee e wee en ee "815,742 251,959 363,993 508,516 
Illinois ..........-0865 843,288 239,605 287.376 453,474 
Michigan .......--05s 760,183 540,580 338,945 590,829 
Wisconsin ........2005 290, "495 148,775 81,340 152,119 
West North Central: 
Minnesota .........06: 25,139 38,399 , 2,973 
TOWRA snc ec ewe eee eee 908,764 229,352 260,432 455,022 
Missouri .....-e ee eeeee 622,332 247,425 123,314 222,510 
North Dakota ......... 5,076 21,484 209 445 
South Dakota ......... 51,6138 76,293 5,924 12,981 
Nebraska ........02008 494, 468 267,529 876 164,872 
KansaS ......0cceceees 661,267 237,051 34,409 76,734 
South Atlantic 
Delaware ......0ceeees 16,145 4,598 2,634 4,850 
Maryland ......2-+0008 82,305 27,774 42 (B15 60,121 
District of Columbia.... 435 "O35 586 
Virginia 2... cc cee ee eee 352,783 83,323 132,671 134,428 
West Virginia ......... 332,429 124,567 79,723 111,043 
North Carolina ........ 168,065 4,1 53,788 60,453 
South Carolina .. ..... 60,274 25,764 10,987 15,880 
Georgia ... ccc ecw eee wes 50,7238 23,479 4,979 7,199 
Florida ........cce wees 666 498 874 448 
East South Central: 
Kentucky ....ccesee0e8 212,118 102,766 52,163 74,340 
Tennessee ....... see eee 201, "830 128, ‘406 36,303 60,294 
Alabama .......0200e85 25.566 16, 673 3,588 4,783 
Mississippi ...... 0.006. 13,748 9, 267 2,819 3,749 
1717 
The pruning for the fourth and fifth 
year’s growth should be very much the 
same as for the third, using special care 
to thin the tops and cut back in such 
a manner as to spread the top as much 
as possible. After this only the necessary 
pruning should be done, as heavy pruning 
tends to produce wood growth which is 
not at all desirable in bearing trees. 
The pruning of young growing trees 
should be done late in the winter or early 
in the spring, but never early in the 
see Alaska. 
1899 
Pro- 
duction 
(bushels) 
2,873,499 
12/2 
218,642 
82,005 
474,940 
192,954 
228,485 
204,279 
194,541 
31,067 
960 
118,743 
08 
900 
54,047 
60,511 
8,066 
60,402 
48 
188,693 
87,828 
33,899 
6,551 
5,950 
112 
34,258 
11,688 
1,159 
2,352 
