The herald., 1893-07-02


fruit designed for shipment is generally
understood, there are still many who
think it does not pay to put any extra
labor upon what will be only dried fruit
at best. Even in Vacaville, the home Of
the fruit shippers, we understand that a
few who have stuck to fruit drying and
given it the same care devoted by their
neighbors that shipped green, have as
good bank accounts as most Of those
who have given their attention to the
more attractive and hazardous branch
of the business. Now for the six ways
that they get pay for thinning peaches,
nectarines or apricots designed for dry
ing:
LIT PAYS IN PICKING.
You can thin off half the fruit when
small quicker than you can pick itwhen
large, and when matured the time
required to fill basket depends princi-
pslly upon the number of peaches it
holds.
n.-YoU GET PAY IN CUTTING,
as it takes just as long to cut and spread
q small peach as a large one. 1t takes
longer to cut eight peaches that will
weigh pound than to cut three and
pick off five when they are little.
m.-you ARE PAID IN YIELD OF CURED
FRUIT.
If peaches run elk to the pound the
weight of pits will not vary much from
that OF the cured fruit. II they run
three to the pound they will not run
much over half. Many of us have
never taken pains to see that a ton Of
large peaches is as likely TO yield 400
pounds of dried as ton of email fruit
of the same variety to yield 300 pounds.
It means difference of about $S per
dryer.
Does any man estimate that 1t will
cost over 81 to thin heavily laden
peach orchard in way to make that
difference?
Iv.--YoU SAVE YOUR TREES FROM BREAK
ING.
Granted that you leave fruit to reach
the same amount in maturity, still you
leave it along the body and in places on
the limbs where the weight has no
breaking leverage and take off the ends
most sure 70 DfeaS t,n-hurned and ie al
v.--yoU SAVE vIaon Uf AisfeAA AND SOIL.
It is a well-known law OF vegetable
economy that the vitality drawn from
the plant is in proportion to the number
of seeds matured. The pulp cuts little
figure. The same rule holds good as to
strength taken from the soil. 1t is hard
to estimate how much more than pay
for our work comes from this source,
but no thoroughly posted fruit man will
be likely to think it less.
V.-wE GET PAY AGAIN IN EXTRA PRICE,
1t is not much of market nor much
of salesman where fruit dried from
peaches that went three to the pound
only brings one cent pound more than
that from those OF half that size. Two
cents would more accurately measure
the difference in value. Still. the smaller
figure is enough to meet the whole cost
of picking and hauling or of cutting and
drying in any well-managed establish
ment.
The pits in stone fruits will coon begin
to harden, and it is very important that
immediate attention be given to such
work as muet be done now, if ever. and
will pay six times over. When pits have
hardened it ia too late to prevent loss of
vigor Of tree or soil, but not too late to
reap several other advantages from thin.
ming.
Taking about six points into consider.
alton, it is no wonder that so expert |
enced grower as Sol. Runyan should |
remark: mo work done on my place |
pays so we'll as thinning fruit. - Frank |
s. Chaplin, in Pacific Rural Press.