Sweet Cherries. 489 



One acre of Windsors containing 70 trees 8 years old, 



yielded 84 lbs. per tree — 5,88U lbs., which sold at 10 



cts. per' lb $588 00 



Expenses : 



Picking. $58 80 



Assorting and packing 20 00 



Packages 30 00 



Express and commission 70 OU 



Cultivation (plowed once and harrowed six 



times) 3 50 



Fertilizers (300 lbs. potash, 100 lbs. bone, 15 



lbs. crimson clover seed) 4 25 



Interest on land at $1.50 per acre 9 00 



195 55 



Net profit 1382 45 



All these figures refer to sales in the open market. There is a 

 good demand for sweet cherries for canning factories. The canners 

 generally prefer the " white cherries," those with a white juice and 

 rather light-colored skin. The crop of sweet canning cherries in 

 western New York appears to be growing smaller, and the Cali- 

 fornia product has driven out much of the home-made goods. One 

 of the best informed canners in the western part of the State writes 

 as follows concerning the sweet cherry pack : " Up to six or seven 

 years ago we handled from fifty to one hundred tons annually. The 

 cherry crop appears to be growing smaller each year, and to be 

 deteriorating very much in quality. Our output on cherries used 

 to be composed largely of the white varieties, and we used to put 

 up fine grades that were esteemed very highly in New York and 

 the eastern markets. Some }'ears ago California began to can cher- 

 ries and subsequently put them on the eastern markets in competition 

 with the finer grades of eastern cherries. The result was that the 

 California product drove the eastern canned cheiTies almost entirely 

 out of the market, except in some of the cheaper grades. The Cali- 

 fornia cherry is much finer in appearance, is larger, freer from 

 worms and imperfections, and also possesses a very fine flavor." 



The canners tell us, in general, that when they can get good 

 fruit, they have no trouble in making a saleable product. It is 

 evident that good fruit cannot be obtained year by year, unless the 



