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PRODUCTIVE FAR\nNG 



The Fruit Crop. — ^When good fruit has been grown ii 

 should never be handled carelessly. Never shake apples, 

 peache- f»r f»t bf>r kinds of fruit to the ground. Pick the crop 



Fro. 119. — Rcking apples from ladders with sacks han^ng from shoulders. The 

 fruit is not bruised. 



B 



Fig. 120. — A. A eood way to pack the best peaches for market. The crates 

 each hold six half- peck baskets, and are called Georgia carriers. 



B. Sorting apples. For marketing they are packed in tight boxes and barrels. 



carefully, handhng it almost as carefully as eggs. Bruised 

 spots are the first to decay (Fig. 119). 



Pack the perishable kinds of fruit — grapes, berries, 

 peaches, plums, and cherries — in suitable form for immediate 



