. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 554 Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. here in 1893,* the average of 58 replies of berry grow- ers was 2,493 quarts. One gave his jield (which must have been on a small patch and amply multiplied) as 9,900 quarts, whilst another confessed to but 576 quarts. A good yield for the second crop is 3,000 quarts, or 90 to 100 bushels per acre. Willis P. Rogers tells me that his largest field crop of Ohio, the third year after planting, was 16,000 qu
. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 554 Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. here in 1893,* the average of 58 replies of berry grow- ers was 2,493 quarts. One gave his jield (which must have been on a small patch and amply multiplied) as 9,900 quarts, whilst another confessed to but 576 quarts. A good yield for the second crop is 3,000 quarts, or 90 to 100 bushels per acre. Willis P. Rogers tells me that his largest field crop of Ohio, the third year after planting, was 16,000 quarts on four acres, and a half acre of this land was not up to the standard. From exten- sive inquiries of evaporator men, however, I find it to be a general opinion that the average crops of the country, one year with another, will not exceed 1,200 quarts per acre, or 300 pounds of dried product. The harvesting of tlie crop costs too mach. The price paid by evaporating men this year for Ohios and Greggs was 4^ and 5 cents a quart, yet the grower gen- erally had to pay 2 cents a quart for picking. Here is an advantage of the Gregg, for pickers can generally do as well in picking it for 1^ cents as in picking the Ohio for 2 cents. To lessen the cost of harvesting and to overcome the dififi- culty of securing pickers in remote places, the berry harvester has * Bulletin 57, " Raspberries and Blackbenies," by Fred W. o a o 6 o. 60 a o a a o a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Ithaca, N. Y. : The University
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