THE CHERRY 
United States where the natural condi- 
tions are more favorable for the growth 
of the best varieties of cherries, than the 
Pacific coast region, west of the Cascade 
mountains. . 
From the Oregon Experiment Station 
we learn that as high as 500 to 800 pounds 
of cherries have been grown from a single 
tree, and that from $100 to $200 per acre 
net profit is not unusual; but that the 
money realized often runs as high as 
$600 to $700 per acre. I think that for 
Washington, these figures might be easi- 
ly duplicated, although in exceptional 
cases, I have seen larger yields. 
GRANVILLE LOWTHER 
Cost of Harvesting Cherries 
The following statement was reported 
from Ohio to Green’s Fruit Grower (Feb., 
1912). 
No. crates per acre ..................---- 530 
Average price per crate ................ $2.00 
$1,060.00 
Picking, per crate ......0.....0.0202222.2-- $0.48 
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Total cost of harvesting ........ $598.90 
Net returns per acre ................ 461.10 
This covers harvesting costs only and 
the crop was an unusually large one. 
Propagation of Cherries 
W. L. Howarp 
The cherry is propagated almost en- 
tirely by budding. While seedlings from 
our common varieties may be used for 
growing stock, nurserymen always use 
special kinds of stock which are usually 
imported from France. The_ kinds of 
stock in most general use are the Maz- 
zard and Mahaleb. The Mazzard is the 
best stock for both sweet and sour cher- 
ries in the East. The Mahaleb is more 
widely used for the sour kinds, however, 
for it is easier to bud, and is free from 
leaf blight in the nursery. The Mazzard, 
however, appears to form a better root 
system, stronger union, makes a _ long- 
er lived tree and is sufficiently hardy. 
For the plains states the hardier Mahaleb 
stock should be used. Both of these may 
Fig. 2. Anns Properly Packed. For 
Royal : 
Rules for Packing Cherries see Packing under 
Apple. 
be secured from most any nurseryman in 
early winter or spring. In a small way, 
it is quite feasible to grow one’s own 
cherry stock from the seeds of the fruit 
raised at home. 
Cherry seeds should not be permitted 
to become thoroughly dried out at any 
time. On this account it is advisable to 
store the seeds through the remainder 
of the summer, after ripening, in boxes 
of sand and bury them from eight to 
twelve inches deep in the ground in a 
cool place. This will keep them moist, 
and at the same time they will be suf- 
ficiently cool and away from the free 
circulation of air that they will not be- 
gin to grow. 
At the approach of cold weather the 
seeds should be taken up and the open 
boxes of sand kept on the surface of the 
ground in the shade of a_ building 
throughout the winter. Very early in the 
