488 Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. 



Boston firm for $3.75 and $4-, and by the New York firm for $4, or 

 9^ cts. per lb. Both packages cost the same. In another instance, 

 Black Tartarians were shipped in 5-lb. baskets and sold for 30 cts., 

 or 6 cts. per lb., while those shipped in 8-lb. baskets brought G5 cts. 

 and 70 cts., or 8| cts. per lb. 



All these remarks apply to fruit sold in the general market ; but 

 there is a great demand for sweet cherries from the canning facto- 

 ries, for which the fruit, while carefully harvested, is less labori- 

 ously packed. 



Projits. — The profits from the cherry industry depend mainly 

 on the efforts of the grower in producing first-class fruit and in 

 placing it on the market somewhat after the directions given in the 

 previous topic. In 1888, an acre of cherry trees, 18 years old, 

 including Black Tartarian, Black Eagle, Napoleon Bigarreau, Elton, 

 Yellow Spanish and Downer's Late Red, netted $380, while an acre 

 of rye netted $8. 



The following sample figures are taken from sales from the 

 orchard this season, trees 25 years old : 



Five trees of Robert's Red Heart averaged 280 lbs. per 



tree ; the fruit sold for ii cts. per lb. bringing $25 20 



The expenses were : 



Picking $2 80 



Packages 1 40 



Packing 1 25 



Express 2 80 



Commission 2 52 



10 77 



Net profit per tree $14 43 



One tree of Robert's Red Heart yielded 416 lbs., which 

 sold to retail dealers at 10 cts. per lb. at the express 



ofllce $41 60 



Expenses : 



Picking $4 16 



Packacjes 1 56 



Picking 1 75 



7 47 



Net profit $34 13 



