80 THE KANSAS CHERRY. 



All these figures refer to sales in the open market. There is a good 

 demand for sweet cherries for canning factories. The canners gen- 

 erally prefer the "white cherries" — those with a white juice and 

 rather light-colored skin. The crop of sweet canning cherries in 

 western New York appears to be growing smaller, and the California 

 product has driven out much of the home-made goods. One of the 

 best informed canners in the western part of the state writes as fol- 

 lows concerning the sweet-cherry pack : "Up to six or seven years 

 ago, we handled from fifty to one hundred tons annually. The cherry 

 crop appears to be growing smaller each year, and to be deteriorating 

 very much in quality." The canners tell us, in general, that when 

 they can get good fruit they have no trouble in making a salable 

 product, — From Cornell Bulletin. 



FOUR PROFITABLE CHERRY TREES. 



When we purchased our city place last fall, we were informed by 

 the owner that the four large cherry trees growing there had produced 

 him one crop that yielded seventy dollars, and that one tree yit^lded 

 twenty dollars' worth of cherries. This seemed to me a very large 

 story, but as he related it after the j)lace had been purchased, I had 

 no reason to disbelieve it. I have had the pleasure to test these four 

 cherry trees. Three of them are Black Tartarian and the other Na- 

 poleon, a white cherry, very firm flesh ; in great demand for canning 

 and shipping. These trees are loaded down with beautiful cherries ; 

 making a rough calculation at the low price of four cents per i^ound, 

 I should judge that ten dollars' worth of cherries per tree might have 

 been sold from those trees ; but aside from the market value of the 

 fruit, these trees were a constant delight to the children and other 

 members of the family for the shade which the broad leaves furnished, 

 the beauty of the blossoms and the display of brilliant fruit as it 

 ripened. I can heartily recommend the cherry Iree to any home 

 ground. It suceeeds without cultivation, is long-lived, and in every 

 way desirable. Cherry culture for market does not receive the atten- 

 tion in the East which it should. It is clear that any one who has an 

 acre or more of cherries can receive a very nice income from the 

 fruit. It should be taken into consideration that it requires consid- 

 erable help to i^ick the fruit. We pay one cent per pound and sell 

 them for four and five cents per pound, but many get them picked for 

 one-half cent per pound or less. One hundred pounds is a day's work. 

 Cherries must not be permitted to get too ripe before picking, if it is 

 designed to ship far. 



