. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 8 BETTER FRUIT October, 1920 Notable cherry Crop Production Allowing Apple Orchards to Overbear. B ELOW will be found an illustra- apples. To the uninformed observer a yield of this kind no doubt causes amazement and visions of a fortune in the orchard business. Or to the orchardist, who is willing to disre- gard the future welfare of his trees for the profits of the present, a glance at this picture will probably cause delight. tality necessary to make the proper wood growth and to develop into a sturdy and long-lived even-bearing orchards. Condition your o
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 8 BETTER FRUIT October, 1920 Notable cherry Crop Production Allowing Apple Orchards to Overbear. B ELOW will be found an illustra- apples. To the uninformed observer a yield of this kind no doubt causes amazement and visions of a fortune in the orchard business. Or to the orchardist, who is willing to disre- gard the future welfare of his trees for the profits of the present, a glance at this picture will probably cause delight. tality necessary to make the proper wood growth and to develop into a sturdy and long-lived even-bearing orchards. Condition your orchard by pruning and thinning, to bear a normal rather than an abnormal yield of fruit and you will avoid many of the ills that come from devitalized trees, small fruit as the orchard grows older, and a tendency toward off-bearing years. A 14-inch spray of Lambert cherries that "weighec 3 pounds. Grown near Salem, Oregon. A notable cherry crop production this year was taken from the seven- acre orchard of Lambert trees owned by O. E. Brooks, near Salem, Oregon. The orchard, which contains 600 trees, was planted eleven years ago. In 1918 this orchard yielded 13 tons of fruit. The 1919 yield was 11 tons, while this year the yield is said to have been near the 40-ton mark. The soil on which it is located is the typical red hill soil of the Salem district, and, according to S. H. Van Trump, county fruit inspector, ap- pears to be at the proper elevation for maximum production. The spray of cherries shown in the accompanying picture, which was typical of many in the orchard, measured 14 inches and weighed three pounds. With the exception of two years ago, when Mr. Brooks lost a portion of his crop by the cherry maggot, the orch- ard has been a big producer. By spraying at the proper season now he has been able to control the maggot thoroughly. 9 CORDS IN 10 HOURS. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for rea
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