58 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July Life’s really hectic (Continued (rom Page 57) He is a graduate of Delaware Valley College, Doylestown, in horticulture Prior to becoming owner of Cherry Hill in 1970, he managed the operation for seven years At that time it was known as Shenk’s Fruit Farm As owner of Cherry Hill,(he actually owns only 85 acres of the entire or chard. The rest he rents) he has made quite a few changes. “When I first came here there were only three acres of peaches and hardly any bearing apples,” Haas states “But, I’ve been diversifying ” This move to diversify is simply Instead of making his customers climb ladders to reach for the big sweet cherries on the tops of the trees, Richard Haas has purchased a shaker to knock all the fruit from the upper branches onto tarps below. • Flats repaired or replaced promptly • Tube valves replaced 1 • Tires liquid filled 1 • Tire sales & service for every truck tractor and auto on your farm 1 ""upLEBZELTERisonco (Independent Goodyear Dealer) 1062 Manheim Pike, Lancaster, PA 17604 1,1978 economic As Haas puls it the cherry crop is one of tiie most delicate of all crops, and to depend on it, solelj, is much too risky Haas has also ex perimented with new varieties of trees. His dream is convert his cherry orchard to all dwarf trees “If someone had a dwarf cherry tree that I knew would work. I’d start all over”’ says Haas without blinking an eye. “I’ve piddled around with dwarf trees for 14 years and I’m beginning to wonder if I’ll ever have a dwarf orchard.” Haas sees several ad vantages to dwarf trees, the most obvious being the elimination of ladders “With dwarf trees it’s just imsioi foi people topukund I don't have to worn about am accidents," he says Right now theie are tluee oi'i. ways to get dwarf cheuy tiees. none of which is widely used One root stock is Colt” from England, which is now being studied at Penn State due to a request from Haas That root stock has to be under quarantine for three years. Another type is M x M, developed by Lyle Brooks of Oregon Haas has three selections from that senes presently planted in his orchard. Haas is also ex perimenting on dwarfing trees, himself He grafts a North Star variety of cherry onto a mazzard root stock and then buds a cultivar. Early Buriat, onto the North Star So far, he has about a dozen of this type of dwarf tree. Five hundred more cherry trees are being readied to bud the cultivar this year. Apples have already been dwarfed, and Haas has rows AG WAY TRY A TANKFUL. YOU’LL LIKE THE CHANGE. ★ GREEN DIESEL FUEL AND ★ AGWAY GASOLINES WE PRICE IT SO YOU CAN FILL YOUR TANK WITHOUT EMPTYING YOUR WALLET NO ONE WHO'S EVER TRIED THIS FUEL WILL EVER GO BACK TO HIS OLD FUEL AGA!N. MAY WE PROVE THIS TO YOU? CALI. YOUR ACWAY PETROLEUM PEOPLE SOON - 717-3974954 agway S> PETROLEUM LANCASTER, PA n r those tiolhsod trees planted ihc plants aio easiei to manage, ' he says, ex plaining why dwarfing has alicadj been done with this fruit But, mainly, there’s an economic reason behind why the apples are dwarfed theie aie more apple glowers in the state and there has been more money poured into research ” So, in some ways, the cherry crop is one that that has an open field for in novation And, Richard Haas is always looking for a way to improve the crop and his orchard, in particular - You know,” he says with a grin “My boys will probably be just like me They’ll look at the way I’ve come to run this orchard and they’ll say, 'Dad has this all messed up,’ and they may change it But, I’m keeping a book just for them I hope they read it.” If they do, perhaps they will grow smart about the cherry crop before they grow old They’ll have a good teacher /i n \ Julie Greider, the daughter of Robert Greider, Columbia R 2, smiles at the thought of eating the big, delicious cherries she is picking DE LAVAL’S AUTOMATIC MODEL 200 MILKER St uts will n slit S u |il\ sjups win n sill S till' lull \IM 1 \ s u ill (»« nll\ m iss i„i s is U lon uul ilti i nnlknu Otu m m » m Ii intll* up to S units ocEissns W] j. M. HORST SERVICE CO. Box 231, Quentin. PA Ph: (717) 274-1242 Fast fill trip saver for liquid manure Heavy duty pump with 3-vane rotor handles all types or liquid manure Rugged con struction-full length support skids Epoxy coated interior and exterior 1180, 1500, 2250 and 3250 gallon sizes Twelve month warranty Your complete liquid manure equipment dealer F. ERNEST SNOOK Calumet and Nesseth Distributor Penna , New Jersey, Maryland, West Virginia RD 3 Mifflrnburg. Pa 17844 Phone 717 956-2736 Day or Night $ 24 HOUR SERVICE
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