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The Clark's Seedling is not an exceedingly heavy bearer, the average 

 crop being about one hundred crates of twenty-four pounds each per 

 acre. Many other varieties will produce much more heavily, but the 

 crop is valuable on account of always being in demand, and producing 

 well year after year, and it has the habit of producing a valuable crop 

 each year. 



CHERRY CULTURE IN HOOD RIVER. 



By G. D. WOODWORTH. 



Growing cherries for profit in Hood River, and in talking about 

 them, I will confine myself to my own farm. The soil is a black, heavy 

 loam with a little gravel mixed in — just enough to make it work free 

 and not stick to the tools. 



I have four varieties that I grow for market— Lambert, Bing, Royal 

 Ann, and Black Republican. I prefer the Lambert above all others, and 

 I consider it the "king" of all cherries so far introduced. I have 

 shipped them to London, England, by open express, and they arrived 

 with only 18 per cent loss. While the Bing and Black Republican are 

 good shippers, they will not carry as well as the Lambert. I have 

 shipped all four varieties to Mexico City and Torreon, Mexico, New 

 York City, and Nome, Alaska, with good results, as the following 

 letter will show: 



Torreon, Mexico, July 7. 

 Dear Mr. Woodworth: 



I have been receiving your cherries for several days, and notwith- 

 standing the long distance, I must say I never received better fruit 

 here. Please accept my thanks for same. 



Yours truly, 



Carlos Sternan. 



There is only one way to ship cherries, and that is to use the common 

 sense carrier. Eight carriers or cartons fill the box, and by packing 

 in this way the fruit is kept in place and is not shifting ai'ound in the 

 box. Never put in, or allow any of your help to put in, any defoi-med 

 fruit, or fruit that is cracked, for that is the first one to decay, and it 

 will get soft and leak, thus spoiling all it comes in contact with. Do 

 not put in anything that you would not want to buy yourself at 20 

 cents to .50 cents per pound. Men who try to cheat the consumer by 

 putting inferior fruit in their packages only cheat themselves. Next, 

 have a nice clean box make it look neat and tidy; get it to the consumer 

 in the best possible condition. 



To put up a ten-pound box of cherries it will cost you — box, 5 cents; 

 eight cartons, 10 cents; packing, 5 cents; picking, 5 cents; crating, 2^/^ 

 cents; paper, labels, and nailing, 2'/^ cents; in all, 30 cents. Now, if 



