Growing the Stone Fruits - With Information on Growing Cherries, Peaches and Plums
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Growing the Stone Fruits - With Information on Growing Cherries, Peaches and Plums - George W. Hood
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THE STONE FRUITS.
THE stone fruits include the cherries, peaches and plums. They are called stone fruits because of the hard stony seed found in the flesh. In general, each fruit has similar requirements, although there are specific differences which are characteristic to each one. Practically all of the stone fruits are very perishable and cannot be kept for any length of time. They are affected by the same insects and diseases.
CHERRY.
The cultivated cherry has probably been produced from the two European species, Prunus avium, the ancestor of the sweet cherries, and Prunus cerasus, the ancestor of the sour cherries.
The sweet cherry trees are characterized by a tall erect growth, by reddish-brown glossy bark which has a tendency to peel in rings. The flowers usually appear with the leaves and are generally born in clusters on lateral spurs. The fruit is either red, yellow or black and either spherical, heart-shaped or pointed. The flesh is either soft or firm. The sweet cherries are divided into three groups, namely, the Hearts, the Bigarreaus and the Dukes.
The sour cherry trees are characterized by a low headed and a spreading form of a tree, The flowers are born in clusters from lateral buds, which appear in advance of the leaves. The fruit is round, red, soft and sour. The sour cherries are divided into two groups—the Amarellas and the Morellos.
Propagation.—The cherry is usually propagated by budding. The budding should be done in the nursery row when the trees are yearlings. The stock on which the cherries are budded is very important. The sour cherries are budded mainly upon Mahaleb stock, but sometimes they are worked on the Mazzard stock. The sweet varieties are almost universally budded upon the Mazzard stock.
FIG. 113.—Sweet cherry tree, two years old. (Gould, United States Department of Agriculture.)
Where cherries are grown on a large scale it seems to be advisable to select the buds for propagation purposes from bearing trees that have proved their worth. It is a known fact that certain trees bear uniformly every year while others bear sparingly and some scarcely at all. When the buds are taken from non-bearing trees the propagator never knows whether the new tree is going to be of any value, while if the buds are selected from a bearing tree with good fruit the chances seem to be greater for success in producing a good bearing tree.
Soil.—The cherry can be grown on a variety of soils. It probably reaches its highest development on a light, dry, sandy loam or a light clay loam. The sour cherries require plenty of moisture in the soil, but the sweet cherries will grow very successfully on soil too dry for other fruits. The soil