Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-07-08

Lonuon' Farlsi Hamburg Hong Kong
and other marts of the Old World
than the product OF any other section.
In size. flavor. appearance and shin
ping quality, the standard of perfec-
tlon has been reached This excel
lence is not alone confined DO the
fruit grown in this particular section
OF Oregon, but the Willamette valley
and Salem are in a fruit district that
acknowledges no superior in apple
growing All OF the standard varie
ties Of choice shipping apples are
grown in the valley and are shipped
in carload lots TO the Eastern mar
kets where they meet with unlimited
demand, selling readily at from $3.50
to $500 per box Of one bushesl. 9th
/ er grades Of the fruit command good
prices in the local market. There
are fortunes to be made in ample
growing in the Willamette valley.
/ Primes.
| Through selection of the right var
iety OF tree intelligent cultivation
careful picking and drying, the Ore
gon prune has gained a worldwide
reputation, and the demand is great
Q ly in excess Of the supply. From a
/ commercial point of view, the prune
is at this time the leader in decidu-
GUS fruits grown in the valley, and
Is a source OF great income to the
growers. Three principal varieties
grown are the Italian, French, or
Petite, and the Silver. The best re-
suits are secured from the Italian
variety, which is produced to even
greater perfection in size, flavor and
quality than in its native haunts in
Italy. This Italian or Oregon prune
/ is a large fruit of the plum family
When ripe, 10 to IA prunes weigh a
/ pound. Artificial evaporation Is used
to dry the fruit. The yield per acre
is from 200 to $50 bushels in the
older orchards. One hundred bush
els Of the green fruit make a ton of
the cured product, which sells at
from $50 to 800, according to the
grade The cost OF cultivation does
not exceed the cost of producing a
crop of grain The prune harvest be-
gins about the middle OF September
and continues for 80 days The work
Of picking dipping, rinsing. spread
ing, grading, cleansing, etc. gives
/ employment to thousands of men,
women and children After dipping
in boiling water, the fruit is rinsed in
cold water and then spread on trays.
. 1t next goes into dryers, where evap-
Grafton takes place After 80 to 40
hours in the kiln, the fruit is hauled
to the packing establishments. where.
after grading, it is thoroughly
cleansed and sterilized by steam. and
is then packed in boxes of different
size for the market
Cherries.
Among the many excellent fruits
grown in the vicinity of Salem, none
is better than the cherry. That Ore
gon and the Willamette valley in
particular is especially adapted to
growing this fruit is proven by the
size flavor and beauty of the cher
ries. and also from the fact that most
Of the largest and best black ship
ping varieties originated here, viz:
Lambert, Bing, loshin. Black Repub-
lican and others, and it is only in the
white canning cherries of the variety
known here as the Royal Anne, that
any introduced varieties equal those
originated in Oregon. BY unanimous
vote of the Pacific Coast Nursery
mems association, Salem has been de-
nominated "The Cherry City" The
right to the name is undisputed. The
Cherry Fair has become an annual
event at Salem, and is attended by
/, thousands 1t is predicted that with
in the next 10 years the Willamette
valley will be producing more cher.
ries for commercial purposes thar
all the rest of the United States
The fruit grows to great perfection
) and in great quantity No pests have
, ever attacked the fruit to render il
. unmarketable. A New York house
recently nlGced a large order for pie
, cherries to be shipped. after cooking
in barrels This is a novel but no
r impranGcable way of marketing the
3 cherry product. The chief market is
j now thc cannery. A single tree o.
b the Royal Anne variety viii at times
= produce 500 pounds Of fruit Thc
o. fruit ships well. and by refrigeration
IT is planned to place the product OF
the market in the large Eastern
cities. Cherries do best on the we'll
, drained fertile red soil of the hill
2 lands. Those produce most Of Thu
q fruit which has given Salem prOmi
nence everywhere as the home of al
good cherries as can be produced
My cherries yielded mt the rate o
s64O ier acre.-Rev r N. George
f Salem
For 90 years Governor Woo
, cherry tree has yielded an average O
500 pounds q year j. r. Sheppard
I, Zena. Address Salem.
From 143 trees I sold in one yea
= IA tons of Royal Anne cherries a
" 800 per ton.-B. I. Ferguson, Rout
! I have four Royal Anne cherr
!. trees that have netted me $40 pc
year for several years-Miss N. Tay
:, ior, Route 2, Salem.
Peaches.
o There are some large peach OF
h chards in the vicinity Of Salem whic
n Weld splendid returns to their owI
s ers. although the growing OF tn
. fruit has not yet been entered into o
6 an extensive scale. In size and flavc
"A the fruit has much 10 commend
e The trees grow luxuriantly and tn
# WELD is large. In one orchard shoi
n distance north Of Salem the tree
- were weighted so that it became net
Il essary to provide supports for II
9 limbs. All the commercial varieti'
"a grown are in demand There Is
large acreage available for peach Gu
,e ture, and as it is source Of profit Il