The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-07-22
ELDERTA PEACH
CROP, s250,000
(Continued from Page Onel

tAOntlnueQ from rage One)
No one can foretell the exact con
ditions that may prevail. and all
loyal citizens should be in readiness
10 offer their labor for a reasonable
consideration if necessary.
Under ordinary conditions eight to
ten good pickers will supply six to
eight good packers, and this crew
ought-t pick and pack a car load in
4 day, The proportion of pickers
and packers varies slightly according
10 condition
When the ripe fruit is abundant
on the trees and can be picked from
the ground. fewer pickers will be re
ouired; large uniform fruit packs
faster than small or varying sizes.
II AL orchards, ripening naturally,
will require from three to five pick
ipgs to get the fruit at the proper
stage of ripening for successful
shipping. Most fruit heretofore in
this vicinity has been picked from
one to three days late.
II every public school teacher would
go through this fruit harvest, from
orchard to market they would &C
quire some very practical and valu
able information. free from the book
ish tendencies, too prevalent in pub
lie instruction. 1t would be profit
able tand valuable acquisition to their
Professional information as we'll as
their pockets.
This year, several. yet far too few,
fruit growers, will have their first
experience with small canning outfits
in their orchards Too much en-
couragement can not be given to
This branch of the fruit business. This
is the logical safeguard against total
or partial loss of the crop. The in
teiligent use of the small cannery will
save all the waste and meet the or
cnard expense in many cases and
even defy weather conditions and ad-
verse markets.
proper soldering iron. which any
machinist can make. and furnace
such as timers use are about all the
apparatus necessary TO save the over
ripe and fufls from the packing ta
Dies Cook the peaches in sirup, in
any proper vessel, the same as the
ordinary home process. place them
IN cans directly from the sirup, pour
IN hot sirup to cover the peaches in
the can, then solder on the cap and
close up the tip. or little perforation
III the cap-that is all
Present conditions indicate that
the Elberta harvest will be on about
the middle of August, however some
orchards may ripen by the second |
week in August The season is full |
Two weeks late. Soil conditions, |
strains and cultivation will vary the
period Of ripening probably as much !
as ten days. Sandy soil with south /
exposure ripen5 first Persistent and /
thorough cultivation up TO near the !
ripening period, delays the ripening
and enlarges the fruit Orchards per
mltte9 to grow up in litter ripens
early and prematurely Examine your
orchards frequently and begin picking
az soon as possible and keep uD with
it every day.
Those who have not enough fruit
20 load cars alone should combine
with other similarly situated and pre-.
pare TO save the first as we'll as the
last 10 rtpen.
LET us have a concerted movement
10 save the peach crop even at the
expense of pride We all need il. ev-
cry branch Of business needs it: il
will greatly help. directly or indi
rectly every citizen The railroads
have promised their faithful CO
and plenty Of refrigerator
cars. and other facilities.