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the fruit will ripen up so as to be quite equal to that 

 shipped in from a distance. A second plan is to pull 

 the vines and hang them up in a dry cellar or out- 

 house, or lay them on the ground in an open grove of 

 trees, or beneath the trees of an adjoining orchard. 



Still another plan is to gather the green fruit and 

 spread it not more than two to four fruits deep in hot- 

 bed frames, which are then covered with sash. Local 

 grocers are usually glad to pay good prices for this 

 late fruit, and in seasons of scarcity I have known 

 canners to buy thousands of bushels so ripened at bet- 

 ter prices than they paid for the main crop. 



