. Green's Nursery Co. : [catalogue]. Nursery stock New York (State) Rochester Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs. PICKING AND PACKING THE WINDSOR, KING OF BLACK CHERRIES, SHOWING BEST PACKAGE FOR MARKET. Cherries for Garden and Market. There are few trees more attractive than the Cherry on account of its beautiful foli- age, its attractive blossoms, and showy fruit. It is more often planted upon the lawn of the village and city, as well as the farm lawn., than other fruit trees. It furnishes a de- lightful shade and is a clean tree. The cherry tree does better without cultivation than al
. Green's Nursery Co. : [catalogue]. Nursery stock New York (State) Rochester Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs. PICKING AND PACKING THE WINDSOR, KING OF BLACK CHERRIES, SHOWING BEST PACKAGE FOR MARKET. Cherries for Garden and Market. There are few trees more attractive than the Cherry on account of its beautiful foli- age, its attractive blossoms, and showy fruit. It is more often planted upon the lawn of the village and city, as well as the farm lawn., than other fruit trees. It furnishes a de- lightful shade and is a clean tree. The cherry tree does better without cultivation than almost any other fruit tree, but if possible the first few years it should be cultivated or mulched on the surface of the soil with manure. I have heard of a cherry tree that was 6)4 feet in circumference, with a spread of branches measuring 90 feet. Since it bore its first crop it has borne without one omission, 600 to 1,000 pounds of superior cherries, selling for 7 cents per poun d. We seldom hear of a cherry orchard. This may be a good reason why it is profitable to plant cherries. Surely it requires more labor to pick cherries than apples, but the profit is comparatively large. It is usual for people to avoid crops which require much labor, whereas those are the very crops wherein usually the most money can be made. Complaint is often made of birds feeding upon the cherries, but surely they are so productive a few would not be missed; and where the orchard is large the birds make but little impression upon the enormous yield, picking out mainly wormy specimens. The cherry tree bears almost every year and is an early fruiter. _ EARLY RICHMOND and others of the sour or Morello class of cherries, can be set in the fall advantageously as they are ex- tremely hardy. No matter how cold the weather, the trees would not be injured if well planted; but would get an earlier start in growth the following spring and thus be in better condition to go through the sum- mer months. A Cherry
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