Show CHERRY TREES GIVE PROFITS SAYS EXPERT Weber County Should Shoud Increase Yield Is View of Marsh I By DT Lo Lc Ito Roy RoT Mar h District Agricultural ural I Inspector Stare l board oard of Agriculture The question Is frequently asked Shall we Increase our cherry acreage In Weber county I and If It so 80 what varieties shall we 1 plant lant what method of ot culture shall be adapted soil loc arM add what Income can be expected 7 In answering the above ILbo-e ques ques- questions ques- ques questions questions the writer attempts attempt to give the facts from a a commercial standpoint that Is to say ay from the standpoint ot of o the may reasonably be expected with with- without without out any exaggeration for tor or the State Department of Agricultural Instructions must be based on conservatism and Its lt advice must be along the line of tho the practical and In accordance with the tho facts Involved PROPER SOIL CONDITION In answer to the first Question shall wo we Increase se our cherry acre acre- acreage acreage age ago That will depend upon upon first the proper location and see sec second sec second ond upon the soil Boll The Tha cherry delights In a ft well drained soil soli that Is to say a a soil soli that will not permit the standing of ot water on onIt onit onIt It for any length of time and of sufficient sub to pre pre- prevent prevent pre prevent vent the root system from stand stand- standIng standing ing In water for tor soil soli that has either ot of o the above conditions Is totally unfit for tor tho cherry orchard rd It will naturally be seen that such locations that exist In North Ogden and Pleasant View par par- particularly particularly par particularly on the higher altitudes with Its southern slope I li an Ideal location tor for the cherry However there are many locations on the sand ridge at and ard River dale River River- Riverdale dale that are well adapted to cherry growing and again there are certain localities In Ogden City In the vicinity of ot Twelfth street that produce splendid re- re results re ic results Wherever the proper conditions mentioned above prevail we wa do donot donot donot not hesitate to advise the plant Ing of ot cherries In fact act we be believe lieve that no other fruit grown In this locality has a brighter prospect for tor substantial returns In Weber county than has the cherr cherry One of ot tho the principal reasons for tor this statement Is based upon the fact that Is buta but buta buta a small area In the United States that that from a commercial rl stand stand- standpoint standpoint standpoint point Is adapted to the growing growing- of sweet cherries or that class known as the there being only about six lx stales tates that have c II a limited area suitable for growing this class of fult LITTLE LITILE COMPETITION It will be seen therefore that In the matter of ot competition the cherry has the least and from this standpoint It appears per per- perfectly per perfectly sate safe to advocate an In- In Increased Increased In Increased creased acreage with no fear ot of over production In the case o ot of Weber eber county which has been for tor years producing a grade ot of sweet cherries that hive Ve been enabled to meet all competition In the receiving centers ot of the country During the past season Ding and Lambert cherries sold In Cm- Cm Cincinnati Cin Cincinnati for fop per 15 lb Ib car car- carton carton car carton ton while In New York City one car sold for 1 per er 15 lb Ib car car- carton carton car carton ton These rhese cherries n netted the growers 10 cents per 1 pound In connection with this It t must be remembered that the tho are aro shipped under Iced express s which Is the highest rate of ot fruit trans trans- transportation transportation That class of ot cherries known n as the Dukes or sour cherries must depend upon the canning trade for tor their market which trade Is evidently prospect prospect- prospectively prospect ively good as this crop paid five and six cents per 1 pound at the factory which price g avo splendId returns What hat Is true of ot the sour tour cher cher- cherry cher- cher cheriF cherry ry iF and Its Ita market I is also true ot of the Napoleon for on account ot of olIts Its light color the Napoleon must also seek seele a canning market be be- be because causo be-causo cause the export trado does not call for a light cherry The rite ap- ap approximate ap approximate 1 proximate yield and Lam Lane Lambert Lambert bert and Napoleon on full bear bear- bearing bearIng bearing ing trees with ample room for sunlight and root Is from to pounds per er tree while on tho the ncy the leading sour cherry herry pounds Is lathe the yield The normal output of ot sweet cherries for exportation In Weber county Is forty cars and the writ writ- writer writer writer er believes this should l be In- In Increased in Increased creased to at least one hundred cars per annum nl |