Picking Peaches 

 Picking Peaches 



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Peaches for eating out of the hand are best when 

 picked just before the fruit has become so ripe that it will 

 fall off the tree. However, for the commercial peach, 

 where the fruit will possibly be shipped a thousand miles 

 or more, and where it may have to lay in the package for 

 ten days or so before finally reaching the consumer, it is 



Peach Pickers Using Bushel Baskets. 



impossible to let them reach their full maturity before pick- 

 ing. It is always best to leave them on the tree just as long 

 as possible and still get them to the consumer without their 

 being injured or overripe. This means that for nearby 

 markets they can be allowed to become riper than where 

 they are sent to far distant markets. However, the fruit 



