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BETTER FRUIT 



September, 1921 



Picking for Flavor 



{Cont'iinicil from fage 9) 

 hand, if the season is unusually short and 

 the fruit does not have time to develop 

 fully, the acid content, which naturally de- 

 creases through all the stages of develop- 

 ment, will be high. 



While the time of picking fruit for 

 flavor may not always agree with the time 

 for maximum keeping quality, yet in most 

 cases the two should be considered together. 

 The greater percentage of apples are held 

 in storage, or at least under storage condi- 

 tions, for periods of varying lengths. Some 

 may only be held a few weeks, while 

 others are kept from one year to the next. 

 In either case the keeping quality will be 

 reflected in the flavor of the fruit. Storage 

 troubles may be divided into those which 

 aff'ect the external appearance of the fruit, 

 generally spoken of as skin blemishes and 

 those that injure the flesh, known as decay. 



The most important skin blemishes are 

 the ordinary and soft scalds and the Jona- 

 than spot. The decays include the physio- 

 logical or natural decay, and the various 

 fungus or bacterial decays. Scald is the 

 most prevalent and is recognized by the 

 familiar characteristic browning of the skin. 

 While in the case of ordinary scald this does 

 not extend into the flesh, it greatly lessens 

 the commercial value, and in cases where 

 the scald is serious it m.iy weaken the skin 

 to such an extent that complete physiologi- 

 cal decay may result. While affecting Jon- 

 athans principally, Jonathan spot is one of 

 the most important skin blemishes. It first 

 appears as small round, brown or black 

 spots about one-sixteenth of an inch in 

 diameter, or in some cases simply as indis- 

 tinct, very dark red to black splotches. In 

 later stages these spots may enlarge some- 

 what and become slightly sunken. 



{To he concluded in October mimher) 



Decrease in Number 

 of Fruit Trees 



A RECENT bulletin of the United 

 States Census Bureau shows that the 

 Pacific Coast is the only section of the 

 country that has had an increase in the 

 number of bearing apple trees during the 

 ten years between 1910 and 1920. During 

 this period the number of bearing trees in 

 the coast states has nearlv doubled in num- 



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