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Montmorency 
SOUR CHERRIES 
The Sour Cherries are grown more exten¬ 
sively commercially than sweet varieties, be¬ 
cause they are much better flavor canned or 
for pies, also because they are not subject to 
brown rot, as are the sweet varieties, nor are 
they taken by birds so freely. They come 
into bearing very young, often the third year 
after planting, and produce almost annual 
crops of fruit. Don’t omit to plant some of 
the sour varieties. 
English Morello—Medium to large, blackish 
red, rich acid, juicy, good, very productive. 
Early Richmond—This is a hardy cherry, 
fruiting on young trees soon after planting 
and bearing regularly every year enormous 
loads of dark red fruit that does not rot upon 
the trees; can be left without picking longer 
than most varieties. Unsurpassed for can¬ 
ning and profitable for market. Ripens 
through June. 
Montmorency — The most popular of all 
hardy cherries for market and home use. This 
cherry is planted largely. The fruit is in 
great demand. It is of large size, light red 
in color; stem rather short. The trees bear 
fruit soon after planting. 
May Duke—Large red; juicy and rich; an 
old, excellent variety; vigorous, productive. 
June 15. 
Consider the desirability of planting a 
cherry orchard of Early Richmond and Mont¬ 
morency if you wish to add materially to 
your farm revenue. In any event plant a few 
trees of both sweet and sour for home use. 
You will never regret it. 
There are few trees more attractive to the 
homemaker and fruit grower than cherries. 
The sweet cherries are especially desirable 
for the garden or lawn, on account of their 
foliage, attractive blossoms, and fruit. The 
sour cherries are planted by thousands for 
home use and market. It is only recently that 
fruit growers have learned of the big profits 
made in an orchard of cherries. 
Quinces 
The quince is of late attracting a good deal 
of attention as a market fruit. Scarcely any 
fruit will pay better in the orchard. The tree 
is hardy and compact in growth, requiring 
but little space, is productive, gives regular 
crops and is much sought after for canning 
for winter use. When put up in the propor¬ 
tion of about one quart of quinces to four 
quarts of other fruit, it imparts a delicious 
flavor. 
Quinces do best in deep, cool soil, though 
in dryish places they will do fairly well if 
mulched. To have the roots cool is a great 
step towards success. If by themselves in 
rows they can be planted about twelve feet 
apart. There need be no fear of overfeed¬ 
ing the quince. They like lots of rich food. 
Kitchen washings and materials like this they 
delight to get, and when well fed in this way 
and rich food is spread about the surface of 
the ground the borer is not at all troublesome 
to them. When the quince is suited in this 
way, and grows as it should do, it begins to 
bear in three years, and afterwards it never 
fails of a crop, and seventy-five to one hun¬ 
dred quinces can be had from full-grown 
Orange 
trees. A quince orchard should be cultivated 
very shallow and the ground never plowed so 
far as the roots of the trees extend, where 
it is possible to keep the ground free from 
weeds with the shallow tooth cultivator. 
Since dwarf pear trees are on quince roots, a 
dwarf pear orchard should be treated the 
same as a quince orchard as regards cultiva¬ 
tion. 
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