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CHAPTER, III 



INMiUENCIlTG OF THIHING, GATHERIITG 

 AND KEEPING, 



Since the time that fruit will keep in cold storage 

 depends largely on the conditions of it when put in the 

 cold storage house, it might T3e well to devote this chap- 

 ter to a few of the methods of handling and general care 

 of the fruit, before it is carried from the farm to the 

 warehouse, P. A, Waugh* , in his writings on the sub- 

 ject, considers the proper handling of , the fruit on the 

 farm and between the farm and the warehouse the one 

 great secret in its keeping qualities afterward, 



THIimiNG, 



In order to get the best prices for our fruit, let 

 it be apples, pears, peaches or any of them, there must 

 be excellent qualities, a good uniform size and hand- 

 some appearance, liText to cultivation, nothing contrib- 

 utes more to bring out these these qualities than thin- 

 ning the young fruit on the trees. If the fruit is crow 

 ded on the tree it is small, of irregular shape and col- 

 or and comparatively flavorless. Overbearing also in- 

 jures the vitality of the fruit and tree, hurting the 

 tree to such an extent- that the life and profitableness 



*'"''^„ir^_"ing, Gatheringand Marketing, 



