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

United States and in the markets *
London, Paris, Hamburg, Hong Kont
ana other marts OF the Old World
than the product OF any other section
In size, flavor, appearance and shin
ping quality, the standard Of perfsc-
ton has been reached This excel
lence is not alone confined to 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 annie
growing. All OF the standard yaria-
ties of choice shipping apples are
grown in the valley and are Skinned
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 apple
growing in the Willamette valley.
Prunes.
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
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 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
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
crop of grain. The prune harvest be-
gins about the middle OF Septemhar
and continues for 80 days. The work
OF picking dipping, rinsing. spread-
ing, grading, cleansing, etc, gives
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 evan .
oration takes place. After 30 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
5on and the Willamette valley in
particular is especially adapted to
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, 1Boskin Black Repub- |
ican 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
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
It is predicted that with
in the next 10 years the Willamette
valley will be producing more cher
ries for commercial purposes than
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 it
lnmarketable. A New York house
recently placed a large order for pie
cherries to be shipped, after cooking,
in barrels This is a novel but not
way of marketing the
cherry product The chief market is
now the canuory A single tree of
he Royal Anne variety will at times
produce 500 pounds of fruit. The
'ruit ships we'll and by refrigeration
t is planned to place the product on
he market in the large Eastern
titles. Cherries do best on the we'll .
drained fertile red soil of the hill
auds. Those produce most of the
FRUIT which has given Salem promi-
nance everywhere as the home of as
good cherries as can be produced
My cherries yielded at the rate of
SG4O per acre.-Rev F. N. George .
Salem
For 20 years a Governor Wood
cherry tree has Welded an average of
800 pounds year r Sheppard
zena. Address Salem.
From 143 trees ! sold in one year
"A tons of ROYAL Anne cherries at
300 per ton,-B |. Ferguson, Route
2 Salem
I have four Royal Anne cherry
trees that have netted me $40 per
year for several years.-Miss n Tay-
lor Route 2, Salem
Peaches.
There are some large peach or
chards in the vicinity Of Salem which
yield splendid returns to their own
ers, although the growing of the
fruit has not yet been entered into on
an extensive scale. In size and flavor
the fruit has much to commend it.
The trees grow luxuriantly and the
yield is large In one orchard short
distance north Of Salem the trees
were weighted so that it became nee
essary to provide supports for the
limbs. All the commercial varieties
grown are in demand. There is
large acreage available for peach ouI-
tmrn md aa II ia a source Of nrnfif the