20 THE KANSAS CHERRY. 



The picking force should be divided into two sections. The first 

 gathers all fruit within easy picking distance of the ground, and 

 keeps in advance of the second section, which works from ladders or 

 staging, and cleans up all. Cherries must be picked by the stem, 

 and not by taking hold of the fruit, and care must be taken not to 

 even start the stem from the fruit, as the juices will flow out, and sucli 

 fruit quickly spoils. None but sound, ripe specimens should be 

 placed in the boxes, and the top layer in every box should be an 

 honest index of the whole. With the picking crate swung to the 

 picker, he can easily do his work well, and quickly detect any dam- 

 aged or inferior fruit before it is picked. As soon as the boxes in the 

 picking crate are filled they are taken out and placed in a shipping 

 crate, and others put in their place, and the crate when full carried to 

 the facing table. 



Packing, — Facing consists in turning the stems of the top layer 

 down, which gives the appearance of a solid surface. Boxes should 

 be filled a little above their edges, to avoid the semblance of stinted 

 measure, and provide for the inevitable settling sure to follow the 

 jarring of transportation. Pack in twenty-four-box crates, close up 

 securely, brand with name of variety and name of grower and con- 

 signee, and send to destination at once. This fruit is never so at- 

 tractive as when first taken from the tree, and the sooner it is in the 

 market the more readily it will sell. The practice of facing is re- 

 ceiving severe criticism, as offering too great temptation to dishonest 

 conduct. [This book is for Kansans, not for "dishonest people.'"] 



Cherries can be safely held in a cold storage for several days, but 

 must be quickly used when taken out ; this is an advantage to the 

 grower when the market is overstocked. 



CHERRY GROWING FOR PROFIT. 



X papeT read before the Southwestern Iowa Horticultural Society, by J. G. Bereyhill, 



of Des Moines. 



The fruit-growers of Iowa are interested in the growing of varieties 

 that are generally known as the "sour cherries," but are more prop- 

 erly called the Morellos. There has been some experimenting in 

 the growing of the sweet cherries and of the Duke varieties, all of 

 which have, I believe, been unsuccessful, although some of the Dukes 

 have been grown in southern Iowa, and have borne more or less spar- 

 ingly. The trees and fruit-buds are subject to winter-killing. It 

 is claimed that certain varieties of sweet cherries, introduced by Prof. 

 J. L. Budd, of the Iowa Agricultural College, from eastern Europe 

 and western Asia, can be grown successfully in this latitude. I am, 



