STOP THE WASTE. 



Fig. 1586.— S, vulgaris President Carnot. 



N THE fruit industry the waste often 

 consumes the profits. An inoppor- 

 i tune rain or wind at the time when 

 the fruit is just ripening often ruins the 

 hopes and anticipations of a whole year. 

 The failure to use the right kind of a 

 package, and to make the fruit look its 

 best in it, often degrades the quality, in 

 the estimation of the buyer, from first to 

 second class with the corresponding 

 reduction in price. The crowded mar- 

 ket of Saturday often leaves on the hand 

 of the grower a few crates of berries 

 which are worthless when the market 

 ripens on the following week. The 

 insects somehow find their way to the 



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fruit, and just-at the lime 

 when it should ripen, we 

 find that it is ruined. 

 Nine cases out of ten of 

 failure in the fruit busi- 

 ness come through loss 

 due to waste. 



The successful fruit 

 grower must learn early 

 in his career that his pro- 

 ducts are at all times ten- 

 der and quickly perish- 

 able. He must, so far as 

 he is able, prevent the 

 contact of any agent that 

 destroys or reduces the 

 value of his fruit. This 

 is not something that is 

 beyond his power. By 

 a vigilant war against in- 

 sects he can greatly in- 

 crease the quantity and 

 improve the quality of 

 the crop which he is to 

 receive. 



Cold storage affords 

 one of the most practi- 

 cal means of preventing 

 waste in the fruit crop 

 that we have. Apples 

 that fall from the tree when almost ripe, 

 and are lost, are frequently ripe enough 

 to be picked and placed in cold storage. 

 The fact, that apples for cold storage 

 should be picked while solid, is valuable 

 information to those who realize that 

 their fruit is dropping badly while in 

 that state. An ice and cold storage 

 house on the fruit farm is of immense 

 value in preventing the waste in summer 

 fruits that comes naturally through rapid 

 decay. Berries, cherries, plums, and 

 peaches can be kept a number of days, 

 even weeks, and there is thus afforded 

 ample opportunity for using or disposing 

 of them. W. L. Hall, Kansas. 



