Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-03

on any other fruit tree, OF the
open center type with this excep-
tion, tip back very lightly, il at
all, after fifst or second year, also
allow lower branches to grow
down low on ground. In our thin
ming, we work from the center in
such a manner as TO keep low ana
spreading.
Diseases and Insects.
"The sour cherry is subject to
but few troubles in this way. We
have had some troubles with Gu
mosos, but follow the simple meth
cd of cutting out which is com
pletely successful. The slug is
very troublesome, and trees must
be sprayed regularly each year for
this pest. The remedies recon-
mended by the Oregon Agricultur-
! al college are always successful in
controlling the Stub as well as all
other minor pests attacking the
pie cherry.
Picking.
THE manner of selling has
somewhat to do with the way in
which picking should be done.
When they are to be sold fresh.
the stems must be left on the fruit
The Marescheno trade also pre-
fers them with stems on. Some
Gamers are now using stemmers
that Will work only when fruit is
removed with stem end or the I'm
broken stem as pulled from the
Tree, which eliminates cutting the
frult from the tree as some do now
IN few sections of the east. In
some OF these important sour cher
ry growing sections clipping with
scissors and shears is the only
method use, and unless the can
ners order otherwise, this is the
better way. We have found that
When pickers become accustomed
10 using scissors, they object to
any other method, and become
very rapid, Small children, espe-
clally girls, are very satisfactory
ana because you can use yery
young children the labor problem
Is small.
Picking Receptacles.
The size of the buckat usod
depends somewhat ON size of child
rang 'ng from one gallon to three
gallons. The pickers usually at
tach the buckets to. themselves
with belt around the waist on
winch there is common harness
snap to hold the container.
,,u, Varieties.
Inc sour cherry of primary i'm
portance to plant here is the
Large Montmorency' with a few
hentish, or early Richmond as
commonly known, in order to get
an early variety, as this comes in
ABOUT ten days earlier. There is
no poilinization problem. The i'm
portance of the Richmond is due
only to its relative season of ripen-
ing and three-fourths of your
planting should be Montmorency
RMS Is by far the most extensive
iy planted sour cherry, and If II
were not for lengthening the sea
son none other should be planted
'rhe true Montorency looks like
the Richmond, only larger and ia
preferred by most Gamers. There
are number of varieties in the
Montmorency family, and some
confusion exists in regard to it.
The only thing you need worry
ABOUT, however, is that you get
none or the very dark red skinned
varities as the Gamers will not
buy them. The true Montmorencv
Is pink meated, even though ripe
The Market.
The Gamer has been taking all
he could get of the Montmorency
pie cherry and may continue to do
SO. They are also finding a good
demand for Marascheno purposes
the size for this use being ideal.
the Royal Ann being too large for
some trade. Increased paintings
have been made, not only in the
regular sour cherry districts, but
also In many regions where this
frult was never grown before
The prospective planter. therefore,
should take fully in account the
etxent in which this cherry is
planted in the east, its home, also
many young orchards are coming
into bearing in this country. Com.
petition may naturally be expect
ed to increase and unless new mar
kets are found the effect on price,
OF course, will be the same as
would be expected on any other
fruit under similar conditions. We
can well expect, though, to hold
our Pacific coast business for orv-
gon and Washington growers. and
this no doubt will use great
amount.
THE prospective sour cherry
grower no doubt would be inter
ested to know something of the
amount to be expected in pounds
and the age of bearing. II your
orchard is planted on good bottom
land on sandy loan. or rich virgin
soil. you can expect, if care aid
cultivation has been good, to get
a fair crop at 4 years old, good
commercial crop at 5 and 6, rang
ing from 25 to 1875 pounds to the
tree at this age. This has been