Mmj, 1922 



Berries for Canning 

 By J. O. Holt 



Manager Eugene Fruit Grozcen' 

 Association 



' I ■'HE northwest has become the berry 

 ■^ patch of the United States, and the 

 Willlamette Valley seems to be a favored 

 center of that berry patch. It is fit for all 

 kinds of berries. We have a good berry 

 country around Eugene, but it is limited 

 as regards red raspberries. 



We want nothing but the Cuthbert red 

 raspberry for canning. It has a habit of 

 growing singly and sometimes does not pro- 

 duce as much as the others. I like to grow 

 blackcaps because I can pick them by the 

 handful. We have some that used to bear 

 very well — Shaffer and Columbian. They 

 were on strong clay soils, but might be a 

 better bearer. Don't go into them strongly 

 on a canning proposition. 



As to the blackcaps, I think the varieties 

 named are good for canning purposes wijh 

 the exception of the Gregg. The Gregg 

 crumbles under various conditions and 

 makes a poor looking product. The Kansas, 

 the Plum Farmer, which in my opinion is 

 a Kansas, is a good berry, and the first 

 year or two I found the Cumberland an 

 excellent berry, but they become small and 

 have no bloom. It makes a beautiful 

 berry. The Munger is all right from the 

 canning standpoint. 



We raise only a few red raspberries in 

 our country. In 1910 we had only 7000 

 pounds. In ten years they have increased 

 to 108,000 pounds. I presume they have 

 Increased in other sections of the country in 

 about the same proportion. In ten years 

 the cannery price has increased from four 

 cents to eight and one-half cents last sea- 

 son. 



Our logans have increased in ten years 

 from 15 tons to 340, and the price in 191 1 

 was three cents and last year it was five 

 cents. The evergreen blackberry has had 



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 135 Church St., Ashland, Ohio 



Pacific Northwest Distributors 



BETTER FRUIT 



a constant growth with us. We began can- 

 ning in 1911, paying two and one-half 

 cents; this last year we canned 614- tons — 

 one and a quarter million pounds and paid 

 five and one-half cents. 



The number of berries going into barrels 

 is increasing, and would increase more 

 rapidly if people knew more about how to 

 handle them and had the facilities to do 

 so. Berries to be put in barrels should be 

 put in the same day they are brought in 

 and put right into the freezer. 



As we go on, we arc using less sugar and 

 putting more barrels into storage, without 

 sugar at all in them. Simply putting the 

 berries in, filling them within four or five 

 inches of the head, heading them up and 



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freezing them immediately. This is one 

 of the cheapest ways of handling them. 



Overhaul Prune Drier 



Now is the time to get the pru.te drier in 

 shape for next year's run. All of them 

 need cleaning up before using again and 

 most driers will be benefited by increasing 

 the circulation through allowing more air 

 in the furnace chamber. Holes one foot 

 square and at one-foot intervals around the 

 entire base of the drier will create more 

 rapid drying. The throat of the furnace 

 chamber leading the the tunnels should be 

 widened so that a hole at least four feet 

 in width is obtained. 



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 & LITHOGRAI 



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