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any business enterprise that is not prof- 

 itable will soon perish. With this idea 

 in view, if we can organize a big, strong 

 canning and preserving company and 

 have a management with a heart, we can 

 not only stimulate the industry and de- 

 velop it in an orderly way, but we can 

 at the same time refrain from trying to 

 purchase frotn the producer below the 

 cost of production, and at the same time 

 keep orderly control of the industry so 

 that the jobber and retailer will not ex- 

 act too much spread between the pro- 

 ducer and the consumer. 



With the right kind of business men 

 in control of an enterprise of this kind, 

 it should become a wonderful asset for 

 the Pacific Northwest, and I am hopeful 

 that the canning company that we have 

 in mind mav prove to be that kind of 

 an organization. 



BETTER FRUIT 



pany, Tacoma; Henry Rhodes, presi- 

 dent of Rhodes Company, Tacoma, and 

 W. H. Paulhamus, president of the 

 Puyallup & Sumner Fruit Growers' Can- 

 ning Company. 



The new corporation, which proposes 

 putting the fruit and berry canning in- 

 dustry on a stable basis, backed by 

 sound financial and business leadership. 



May, 1921 



was organized at a series of meetings 

 at Seattle and Portland last month. The 

 organization committee includes bank- 

 ers, financiers and businessmen promi- 

 nent in affairs of Seattle, Tacoma and 

 Portland. The board of directors in its 

 permanent form, will consist of sixteen 

 men, with eight from Washington and 

 eight from Oregon. 



Methods of Training Bush Fruits 



By J. L. Stahl, Horticulturist, Weitern Washington Experiment Station 



greens are allowed to overlap 3 or 1 

 feet on the trellis, but beyond that they 

 are usually cut back. 



Raspberries 



STRAWBERRIES need no training 

 except to control runners. If the hill 

 system is used all of the runners except 

 just around the hill will be kept off. 

 Where the narrow matted row system is 

 followed a strip of 15 or 18 inches the 

 length of the row will be allowed to fill 

 with runner plants and a strip the same 



Merger Started 



TRANSFER of properties to the re- 

 cently incorporated Oregon-Wash- 

 ington Canning & Preserving Company 

 has alreadv started, the first unit to be 

 taken over by the gigantic $10,000,000 

 merger of the berry and fruit canning 

 industry of Oregon and Washington be- 

 ing the properties of the Puyallup & 

 Sumner Fruit Growers' Canning Com- 

 pany. These consists of plants at Puy- 

 allup and Sumner, Wash., and Albany. 

 Ore., with stores and warehouses at 

 Puyallup. Sumner and Orting and seven- 

 teen receiving stations in various parts 

 of the two states. The properties were 

 taken in at an appraised valuation of 

 $1,030,000. 



This is only the first step in the big 

 merger, the officers of which are now 

 investigating various other properties 

 with a view of taking them in as soon 

 as possible that work may be done at 

 once toward merging all interests in 

 time for the opening of the berry season. 

 The Puyallup & Sumner concern last 

 year did a cash business of more than 

 $5,500,000, its trade lines extending to 

 every state in the union. In addition to 

 the canneries and other buildings, there 

 is now being completed at Puyallup a 

 $325,000 concrete, steel and glass jam 

 plant which will have a total capacity 

 of 270.000 pounds daily. 



Announcement of the acquisition of 

 the first unit was made by the organiza- 

 tion committee of the new corporation. 

 It was signed by H. C. Henry, presi- 

 dent of the Henry Investment Com- 

 pany; Reginald H. Parsons, president 

 of the Seattle National Bank; and Gor- 

 don C. Corbaley of the Meinrath-Cor- 

 baley corporation, all of Seattle; Ches- 

 ter II. Thornc, chairman of the board 

 of the National Bank of Tacoma; W. 

 R. Rust of the Smelter Securities Corn- 



Raspberry Field in the Puyallup, Wash., District 



width between rows will be frequently 

 cultivated and kept free from runners. 



Raspberries, Blackberries and Logan- 

 berries are usually trained on a trellis 

 by the beginning of the second season of 

 growth. The last of February or early 

 March is a good time for training. 

 There are several methods or systems of 

 trellising, but only a few of the more 

 common ones will be described in this 

 article. 



The number of fruiting canes to al- 

 low in each hill will depend on the type 

 of berry, individual plant, and system of 

 training. In general, the number for 

 raspberries is 5 to 8, loganberries 10 to 

 14 and evergreen blackberries 8 to 12. 

 The weakest canes are removed entire- 

 ly. Most growers cut back the lateral 

 growth on the fruiting canes of ever 

 greens either entirely or to a short stub. 

 This is not so important with loganber- 

 ries as the lateral growth is shorter. 

 Lateral growth of raspberries is re- 

 moved entirely. The tips of the canes 

 of adjoining plants of logans and ever- 



RASPBERRY canes are usually sup- 

 ported and held in place by a trel- 

 lis of two or more lines of number 12 

 or 14 "wire. Sometimes the wires are 

 strung on cross pieces of 1 by 4 or 2 

 by 4 lumber nailed to upright posts 

 but often they are fastened with sta- 

 ples to the sides of the posts. Seven- 

 foot posts are commonly used set two 

 feet in the ground and 30 to 35 feet 

 apart. It is important to have the posts 

 set firmly in the ground. The hole 

 should be large enough to receive the 

 post and allow room for tamping soil 

 on each side. Tamping should begin 

 after the first shovelful of soil is placed 

 in the hole and it shoud be continued 

 until the hole is filled and the post firm- 

 ly set. 



Weaving System 



BY the weaving system the fruiting 

 canes are bent over and woven to 

 the trellis either on one or both sides. 

 The wire for these canes are strung at 

 at about 54 inches from the ground. 

 Wires are also placed at a height of 

 24 or 30 inches to help hold the young 



canes in place during the early grow- 

 ing season. 



Where weaving is done on one wire 

 the other upper win serves to hold the 

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