Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-06-17
SMALL fruit SEASON
TO Be IN FULL BLAST :.
FIRST Of NEXT WEEK
LOganberries and Bing Cher
ries Coming Into Market
In Small Quantities

Although picking of loganberries in
some scattered patches in the valley be-
gan yesterday morning it is only on
small scale and for the purpose of sup
plying the canneries and family trade
with the first fruits of the season and
picking in general will not be in full
blast in the valley until the last Of
this week or the first of next. Cherries
are also being harvested upon small
scale but the harvest will be in full
swing this week.
A considerable quantity Of logan
berries has been shipped out by the
Salem Fruit Union and other agencies
for fresh fruits throughout the north
west, for local consumption, at a fair
margin of profit to the grower and the
fruit union evaporator has begun opera
tion on small scale 80 as to keep the
surplus out Of the way until the growers
get ready to dry their own crops, The
Northwest Fruit Products company,
the remodeed Salem brewery plant, has
not started upon logans as yet but ex'
poets to within a short time, as does
also H. S. Giles & Co., and the Salem
Fruit Evaporating company, and it will
not be long until the loganberry harvest
and pack will be in the rush of the
season.
All of the growers who have joined
pools are making preparations to harv.
est their entire crops but there are
number of growers outside of pools and
who cannot dispose Of their crops to
the canneries at living prices and it is
predicted that hundreds of tons Of this
variety of fruit will dry on the vines,
The blight is also affecting the fruit in
some sections where precautions were
not taken to prevent their attack and
spread and a great quantity Of fruit
will be destroyed by this agency, There
will be u sufficiently large crop, how
ever, to meet all demands and the
prospects are for a fairly good season
for the loganberry producers if they
stick together and do not demoralize
the market
The Salem Fruit union is receiving
and shipping some Bing cherries this
week and the Lamberts will follow
along in Il few days so that both va.
rieties of this luscious fruit will be
handled in good form and with des-
patch. The price is being steadily main
tanned at rs cents to the growers, at
which figure they can realize II good
bargin of profit ON the investment. The
fruit is in excellent condition and the
crop will not be far short of the normal
in spite of the frost and rains. Can
neries will begin receiving them in good
supply within short time and all are
preparing for good run this sea
son.
While there will be enough Royal
Annes to meet the local demand for
home consumption the crop is too short
to supply the maraschino market and
practically none will be sold and ship
ped for this purpose this year, The
maraschno market for Oregon Royal
Royal Annes has been source Of con.
siderable revenue to the Willamette
valley cherry growers as the valley pro
duct is superior to that Of any other
section of the country for maraschiuo
preserves. The fruit has not been
materially damaged, from the stand
point Of quality and flavor, on account
of the continued rains and the farmers
will realize good profit upon it this
year for what little they produce.