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PRODUCTIVE FARMING 



The Fruit Crop. When good fruit has been grown it 

 should never be handled carelessly. Never shake apples, 

 peaches, or other kinds of fruit to the ground. Pick the crop 



FIG. 119. Picking apples from ladders with sacks hanging from shoulders. The 

 fruit is not bruised. 





FIG. 120. A. A good 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, handling it almost as carefully as eggs. Bruised 

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



Pack the perishable kinds of fruit grapes, berries, 

 peaches, plums, and cherries in suitable form for immediate 



