The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-07

Picking the big red-cheek"d |
peaches, tho crimson chcrrlcs aud |
the luscious punches of purple |
grapes isn't all thcro is 10 handling |
n big fruit crop, as n visit To tho |
Elyn g. B0rrows fruit farm south
east OF Tulsa viii convince oven the
least Informed observer.
The Bnrrows farm IL known oil
over tho southwest. 1t IL tho largest
fruit farm in Oklahoma and no mat
ter how large It's crop, It iA never
I, moved OFF tho farm for marketing
Tulsa and eastern oklahoma goes
Ito the farm and buys It's output.
nib Ihe handling OF tho fruit crop
4 lmpertant and interesting M " iH,
sel(niaxes n season OF preparation
whose intricacios fow people realize.
a. Almost, every day tho weather VIII
i5peruit, the plow, disc or cultlvator
,ts tuyBlng the top OF tho soil In order
I, that lhe ground will not pack and
/ bake and to conserve tho moisture
far the, hot summer days. out In
4 the YARD OF the farmhouse stands
q tbssbfG spraying machine that has
, aiready ,giyen the orchard the once
:, avert Ihla season and will soon start
4 on tts SECOND Journey down the long
/, Avenues between the rows OF trees
) The ma Shine ls n Bcnne OUTFIT. with
, n wos AMI, one half horsepower gas
,eAalue ,y,Dd - 200-gallon tank, y
can deliver four steady streams or
spraying solution mt n maintained
pressure of $50 pounds, although
this poWerful pressure IL seldom
ON ESoBst OF the spraying is done
- 200 pounds pressure, The
8a/H<hd'bs pulled by splendid
tsaih ~ 'bfg bay horses owned by Mr..
Arnold, the manager OF the farm.
big Peach and Cherry Yield.
BarrowS. who has had tho farm
for eight Years, estimates that there,
will be $4,000 quarts OF cherries
this year and 10000 bushels or
peashes--a bumper crop. with an
uud sSa4 heavy crop OF NIL kinds OF
frul hohning up as most prop
able 6nabillty, even for Oklahoma
thHk$ $lAsagrowor believes that there
will be 10000 autos make the trip
to the farm this year. Three years
ago ms accurate an account as was
possible was kept OF the number or
cars that visited the farm and there
were 1000.
Rainy days such as Tulsh has OK
periencca during the past week
are employed on the Barrows irnlt
tagm In putting together berry
crstes and boxes preparatory To
taking care OF the big crop Of ber-
ries that will begin to ripon the
latter mart OF May. The warehouse
I'm thH rear OF the farmyard IL filled
10 tks roof with neatly piled barrels
and boxes ana crates ready to re-
ceiye the fruit. Two carloads OF
cfatages baskets, boxes and crates OF
Al kifahs-are now in storage. There
kre Many different sized packages
used In marketing tho diversified
iofnp grown on this farm and II Is
N~asulnll matter to endeaVor to es-
timafe the crop OF each particular
variety OF fruit and 10 provide tn,
package IN which each Is marketed
TO the best advantage,
How the Fruit Is Marketed.
Cherries are marketed In quar-
boxes "a TO the crate. Plums nnt
nectarines nro marketed IN halt
bushel and third-hushel baskets
peaches IN bushel baskets almost en-
tirely while grapes are marketed II
three-pound baskets and in thirC
and haIf-bushel baskets A mum
her of fourth and third and hnlr
bushel baskets are used during tn
season for shipping extra fame!
samples.
Three years ago stark Bros. Nurs
cry and Orchard company Of Louisi
ana, Mo, sent one OF It's ropreson
tatlves here and shipped snvora
hundred paper cartons OF sample
peaches from tho Barrows Orchart
TO points In every part of th
United states The variety shlppe,
was "Starks Early Elborta," peacl
that ripens about week ahead O
the old Eiberta. There are 500 tree
of this variety in tho Barrows or
chard.
Barrows has n blueprint or hi
orchard ana he knows every tire
and every trees position. DISCUSS
ing II and fruit production the othe
day he said
Quality First" the WntChwOrd,
equality first Is the watvhwor
OF the farm. The orchard and tn
vineyard are carefully pruncd cac
year to prevent production
The fruit Is allowed 20 attain IN
absolute maNimum OF ripencss a
which II can be handled. This alon
repaYs tho thousands who drive I
the farm each year for their suppl
Of fruit, for tho last few days ar
what gives the fruit It's perfection am
by catering to a market that com,
10 the farm each day for It's eniir
product the fruit ia allowed TO r'
main on the tree until II attain
that degree Of ripeness that II shoul
be used for bost results within
10 As hours from the time OF pich
ing,
"sanltation is another thing keI
II II q ND H {