Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-26
FRUIT
GROWERS
MEETING
Held at the City PO-
lice Court Sat-
urday Last
Interesting Facts About Black
Cap RaSpberrieS and I'm
proved Varieties of
Strawberries

The Salem fruit growers Union
held a successful meeting at the city
hall police court room last Saturday
at which number OF practical sub,
jects were taken up and discussed.
Mr.. Jorgensen discussed raspberry
culture. The black caps depended on
a right start-having land in the right
condition. They required humus, or
plenty of barnyard manure Legum.
inous plants, or clover stimulated by
fertilizer, fitted the land for this crop
Let hogs eat It down and plow the
roots under. The roots of vetches
went down two to three feet. Plant
five feet apart each way. Cultivate
and after first year plow shallow-not
over three inches Follow plowing
with springtooth cultivator-Camp.
BELLS with wheels behind and In front
Watch the showers, and keep the sur.
face broken so the sun cannot lift out
moisture by capillary force. In sum.
mer cut the new shoots back to 1S
inches, and trim the laterals to Is
inches. This is done in fall. AS soon
as fruit is of cut out old vines.
On ~ acres he had 5000 pounds of
black caps, at 31a cents pound at the
cannery, he got 5000. Paid $50 and
had $40 left for work. The crop was
heavier than usual. Black caps could
be dried and sold readily. He left all
stalks that came. He raised the Gregg
variety. So far as he knew there was
nothing better.
Red raspberries would bring good
results. The Cuthbert was most
planted. Plants set out five by six
feet. Same general facts as to pre-
pairing the soil. From 4S hills one
grower sold S11 worth in 1902 and
SIC worth in 1908. In rows plant sew.
en- feet part, and three feet apart in
rows. The danger in cultivation was
from plowing too close. That de.
stroyed young plants and roots.
Noah Weleh talked in favor of the
Oregon Heuffstetter or Dewey straw
berry. It was all the same kind. On
IN acres, plants and berries, he
cleared $3.50. It was as prolific as the
Magoon, and bore as many, and earlier
and larger. They go the same as the
Wilson at the cannery. Plants set in
spring averaged 100 berries TO the
plant.
Mr.. Gilbert talked on prunes,
and his visit TO the state convention
at Portland. Marketing was the i'm.
portant matter in all fruit production.
Our soil and climate would produce
the best things that the human tongue
could be laid 20. Methods of produc
tion and lighting pests needed, not so
much TO be discussed as transporta.
tiOn and marketing. These were par.
questions. There were on the
coast 1000 cars of prunes. and insig'
nihcant stock for the next 10 months
The indications for a prune crop for
1904 was not very good, as the buds
were not as abundant, and the fruit
spurs were not as strong. There were
not so many living buds. Prunes do
not alternate like apples. There were
always more blossoms than were
needed, but short crops were due TO
killing on.
Mr.. Welch said he sold early to the
rillson CO. for 1916 net, and got his
money and had spent it. They were
Offering that to everybody. He thought
II all sold and prunes went into the
hands OF jobbers and wholesalers
hey would carry the risk instead of
he grower carrying the crop. The
Iobber made a bigger profit than the
men, the grower or the !
railroads Good prunes retailed from
10 TO ~ TO 20 cents pound. Oregon
produced 3O,OOO,OOO pounds last year
After a general discussion of the
,rune situation an adjournment wa1
aiken. The society expects to hold
mother meeting next month. when a
more elaborate program will be pre-.
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