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Show LOW ALTITUDES FOR CHERRY Trees Do Not Thrive Well Where Sum. mers Are Particularly Long and Dry Where Grown. (By H. P. GOUI.D.) Cherry trees do not thrive well as a rule where the summers are particularly par-ticularly long and hot. For this reason rea-son more than any other they ara grown but little in the South, and to the limited extent they are planted in that part of the country the best success is attained at the higher altitudes. alti-tudes. In their endurance of low temperatures tempera-tures the widely grown sour-cherry varieties va-rieties approach the apple varieties k X V X ' ' s " x I W Young Sour Cherry Tree. which are grown commonly in the northern commercial apple-producing districts. The most important commercial sour-cherry orchards are located in the Hudson. Jiiver valley, in western New York, western Michigan, northern Ohio, the Arkansas river valley, in Colorado, Col-orado, Door county, Wisconsin, parts of Iowa, and to a lesser extent in other oth-er states. Large quantities of cherries cher-ries in the aggregate are produced in states and sections not specifically mentioned, but as a rule the orchards are small and do not represent important impor-tant community interests. The leading varieties of sweet cherries cher-ries are less hardy than the best-known best-known sour sorts. Their endurance of cold corresponds more nearly to that of the peach. It may be doubted whether sweet cherries as a group endure long, hot summers any better than the sour sorts, possibly not as well. |