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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Fig. 2079. Bulletin Board. 



each picker being written in the last column oppo- 

 site her number. Then the pickers fomi in 

 numerical order and pass in a line between your 

 table and the bulletin board. Each picker is 

 given a check on which is written in ink the date, 

 the number of the picker, and the number of quarts 

 she has brought in during the day. To the use 

 of these checks there can be no objection. As the 

 picker gets her checks she can glanre at the bulle- 

 tin board and see that she is credited with the 

 proper number of quarts. 



As the pickers go home at once, and each check 

 represents a day's wages, it is very rarely the case 

 that a check is lost. If lost, there can "be no dis- 

 pute. Xo other picker can present it, as it has the 

 number of the rightful owner upon it. By refer- 

 ring to the record sheet for that day, the number 

 of quarts represented by the lost check can be 

 determined. 



A job printing estab ishment will rule the record. 

 The date and numbers can be put on the checks in 

 odd moments during the day. And as they are 

 arranged in numerical order, the quarts can be 

 called off and written on the checks as fast as the 

 pickers can walk by. 



Each evening the record sheet is taken down, 

 folded, and the date, number of quarts picked, and 

 whatever other memoranda may be desired, are 

 endorsed upon it. It is then filed away These 

 sheets furnish a complete account of the season's 

 picking. They also furnish valuable information 

 for future use. They will reveal which were the 

 most speedy or reliable pickers ; on what days the 

 most berries ripened ; when the season properly 

 opened and closed, etc. Of course it is necessary 

 to keep a book of accounts, not to replace the sheets 

 but in conjunction with them. And the sheets 

 will furnish data that cannot be put in a book 

 account. 



This system is easj', simple and accurate ; it 

 avoids mistakes and misunderstandings; therecord 

 is open during each day. and gives in convenient 

 form a showing for each day during the season. 

 It occasions less expense and trouble than almost 

 any other system. 



The Cherry H.arvest will begin before 

 June ends, and this is becoming" much more 

 prominent among our small fruits than it 

 was a few years ago, when cherry trees 

 were only planted in waste corners. Now 

 a good many are planting acres of single 

 varieties and making a business of whole- 

 sale shipments. The black aphis is a most 

 troublesome insect enemy of the cherry trees, 

 not only checking the growth, but also dis- 

 figuring the fruit and preventing it from 

 ripening. It must, therefore, be vigorously 

 fought on its very first appearance by a 

 thorough spraying with kerosene emulsion, 

 or with the kerosene and water mixture, for 

 which some pumps are now adapted. It is 

 much easier of application than the emulsion 

 and more economical. Some say that five 

 per cent, of kerosene is strong enough for 

 the aphis, but so far we have not satisfied 

 ourselves on this point. 



The Best Package for the cherry, in our 

 Canadian markets, is scarcely a settled 

 question. We have been using two sized 

 baskets at Maplehurst, one holding about 

 twelve Winchester quarts, and the other 

 six, and for choice cherries we have found 

 the small size the best. These are covered 

 with a wood and leno combination cover, 

 showing the fruit to purchaser without its 

 removal. We do not face the package with 

 any finer fruit than is found throughout, but 

 we lay the top layer so as to hide the stems, 

 which makes them much more attractive in 

 appearance. We never think of shipping 

 our cherries as they come from the the trees, 

 because they are mixed with leaves, poor 

 cherries, etc. We bring them to a packing 

 table, pour them out and repack so that our 

 purchasers will get only first-class fruit. 



The picking is usually done by men, 

 especially in our old orchard where the trees 



