244 PICKING AND HANDLING FRUIT 



wagon will be found very useful. If it can be such as will 

 turn in a very short space so much the better. A low wagon 

 becomes almost imperative where apples are brought from the 

 orchard in barrels (Fig. 118). The amount of energy that is 

 wasted in lifting barrels of apples into high wagons or carts 

 and then lifting them down again would have built the Panama 

 Canal. Good equipment for all the different operations is half 

 the battle in handling the fruit economically and well (Fig. 119). 



QUESTIONS 



1. Give the principal benefits from thinning fruit. 



2. Describe how it is done. 



3. Give some idea of the expense. 



4. What should be the equipment for picking the different fruits? 



5. Discuss the stage of maturity for the picking of apples. 



6. Same for peaches and plums. 



7. Same for pears. For cherries. 



8. Give special points and cautions to be observed in the picking of each 



of these fruits. 



9. Discuss the management of picking crews. 



10. Describe the picking of fruits as you have seen it and discuss the 

 good or bad features. 



