CHAPTER VIII. 
HARVESTING AND MARKETING FRUIT. 
ALTHOUGH the management of the business or 
commercial side of fruit-growing—the importance of 
which is urged in the first chapter—is very largely 
a matter of personal temperament, nevertheless a 
few general remarks by way of suggestion may be 
given to the subject. The business part of fruit- 
growing is chiefly concerned with the broad subject 
of marketing the fruit, which may be considered 
under the four heads of picking, packing, storing 
and shipping. The actual selling of the product is 
aun enterprise which belongs rather to the merchant- 
man than to the fruit-grower. 
PICKING FRUITS. 
When to pick.—Just when and how the fruit 
should be picked for best market results depends 
very largely upon the species or variety of fruit, 
and greatly, also, upon the distance to which it is 
to be shipped. The closer and better the market, 
the riper the fruit should be when it is taken from 
the plant. If one is fortunate enough to have a 
special or personal market, delivering the fruit to 
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