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BETTER FRUIT 



October, 1920 



Notable cherry Crop Production Allowing Apple Orchards to Overbear 



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ELOW will be found an illustra- 



apples. To the uninformed observer 

 a yield of this kind no doubt causes 

 amazement and visions of a fortune 

 in the orchard business. Or to the 

 orchardist, who is willing to disre- 

 gard the future welfare of his trees 

 for the profits of the present, a glance 

 at this picture will probably cause 

 delight. 



tality necessary to make the proper 

 wood growth and to develop into a 

 sturdy and long-lived even-bearing 

 orchards. 



Condition your orchard by pruning 

 and thinning, to bear a normal rather 

 than an abnormal yield of fruit and 

 you will avoid many of the ills that 

 come from devitalized trees, small 

 fruit as the orchard grows older, and 

 a tendency toward off-bearing years. 



A 14-inch spray of Lambert cherries that "weighec 

 3 pounds. Grown near Salem, Oregon. 



A notable cherry crop production 

 this year was taken from the seven- 

 acre orchard of Lambert trees owned 

 by O. E. Brooks, near Salem, Oregon. 

 The orchard, which contains 600 trees, 

 was planted eleven years ago. In 1918 

 this orchard yielded 13 tons of fruit. 

 The 1919 yield was 11 tons, while 

 this year the yield is said to have 

 been near the 40-ton mark. 



The soil on which it is located is 

 the typical red hill soil of the Salem 

 district, and, according to S. H. Van 

 Trump, county fruit inspector, ap- 

 pears to be at the proper elevation for 

 maximum production. The spray of 

 cherries shown in the accompanying 

 picture, which was typical of many in 

 the orchard, measured 14 inches and 

 weighed three pounds. 



With the exception of two years ago, 

 when Mr. Brooks lost a portion of his 

 crop by the cherry maggot, the orch- 

 ard has been a big producer. By 

 spraying at the proper season now he 

 has been able to control the maggot 

 thoroughly. 



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A soft spot for the fruit picker, but not good orchard practi 



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The fact is, however, that fully one- 

 half of the apples here shown should 

 have been thinned out, notwithstand- 

 ing the fact that they are of large 

 size and well developed, for no orch- 

 ard allowed to continue to bear in 

 this way will survive the test of time. 

 The trees will be robbed of the vi- 



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