Page Eighteen 



BETTER FRUIT 



February, 1 922 



Cherry Growing: in 

 Yakima Valley 



(Coiit'mued from fage 15) 



THE spring weather during the bloom- 

 ing season has a great deal to do with 

 the setting of the crop. Warm sunny days 

 during the blooming season will facilitate 

 the work. The pollen will be carried 

 further and be much better distributed 

 than if the weather is cold and rainy. The 

 health and vigor of the tree is quite a 

 factor, as the more food it has stored up, 

 the easier it will be for it to set a crop. 



Another factor worth considering is that 

 while the birds are of much economic value 

 to the fruit grower they do eat a few 

 cherries. However, it is a known fact that 

 the birds much prefer the smaller, softer 

 cherries and seedlings to the large solid 

 ones. So, if there should be no market 

 for the pollenizer, they make a delicious 

 bird food and not only serve the purpose 

 of assisting the large sweet cherries to bear, 

 but also lure the birds away from them. 



Distance for Pollenizers — In plant- 

 ing Bings I would set three rows of Bings 

 then a row of Black Tartarians and Black 

 Republicans in the same row, alternating 

 them. Then six rows of Bings and then 

 another row of the pollenizers and so on 

 across the field. Bear in mind that the 

 pollen is usually carried from three to four 

 trees in all dir -tions. Do not figure on 

 the wind carrying the pollen as it only 

 carries about 1 per cent, the insects carry- 

 ing the other 99 per cent. 



In planting Royal Anne use the same 

 method. However, it is not necessary to 

 alternate the pollenizers in the row. Use 

 either the Governor Wood or Long Stem 

 Waterhouse. 



PoLLENiziNG Old Trees — This can be 

 done in two ways. (a) Plant young 

 pollenizers as near to the old trees as 

 possible, but not so close that the old trees 

 will smother them. Give them plenty of 

 care and make them grow as rapidly as 

 you can. Prune very lightly by thinning 

 out where they are thick, and thus they will 

 bloom very early. Severe pruning retards 

 the blooming and fruiting of trees, (b). 

 Go up in the top of the old trees during 

 the dormant season and head back suffi- 

 ciently to make the trees throw up young 

 vigorous growth the following growing 

 season. Then bud into this new wood in 

 August the pollenizers wanted. This will 

 put your pollenizers in the top of your 

 trees where the fruit is too high to pick, but 

 they will function to make the tree bear 

 and also protect your real cherries from 

 the birds. 



Frost Protection — The rancher who 

 is planning to set out a cherry orchard should 

 study his location as to air drainage and be 

 sure that his orchard is free from late 

 spring frosts. Sweet cherries bloom very 

 early and should either be above the frost 

 line or protected by artificial means. 



Ranchers who already have their trees 



grown where they arc subject to frosts 

 should protect them. It can be done, for 

 I have tried it and succeeded. Mr. Bowles, 

 referred to in this article, used both oil 

 and wood the year he got about 5 tons of 

 cherries, smudging some four or five times. 



The frost was so severe that trees outside 

 of the line of fire had practically no 

 cherries on them. However, the details 

 of smudging, or heating the orchard, con- 

 stitute an article of themselves and I may 

 offer that at some future time. 



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