A Cherry orchard should be plowed lightly in the early spring 
and cultivated every ten days, or after every rain, up to the mid- 
dle of June or first of July. Stimulate the trees with legumi- 
nous cover-crops when needed, but the sweet Cherry is a gross 
feeder and a rapid grower, and undue stimulation should be 
avoided. 
In gathering the fruit, care should be exercised that the 
Cherries be picked by the stems into small baskets a few days 
before ripe. Sort out stemless, small and imperfect fruits, and 
face the perfect ones in small attractive boxes or baskets, pack- 
ing these in small cases or crates. The choicer the fruit, the 
more strikingly it should be displayed, as upon this point 
depends to a considerable extent the profit realized per acre. 
The profits of a Cherry orchard vary somewhat with the 
varieties and markets, but are dependent more on the thorough 
manner of cultivation, handling and packing. The range of 
profit for the sour Cherry is from $50 to $100 per acre. Sweet 
varieties bring better prices, and the yield ranges from |ioo to 
$300 per acre. 
We offer through our salesmen the following standard varieties : 
SOURS 
SWEETS 
Baldwin (New) 
Early Richmoad 
English Morello 
Montmorency 
Black Tartarian 
Dikeman 
Gov. Wood 
Hoy (New) 
Lambert (New) 
Schmidt's Big 
Windsor 
White Caroon 
THE CHASE NURSERIES 
GENEVA, NEW YORK 
