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regarding the time of ripening according to the state 

 of the local market, provided the fruit is t4 Tae sold. 

 If it is for home use, the sooner i| is ripened the het- 

 ter. As the pears soften they should be sorted oyer and 

 sold or used at once. If they are not often sorted over 

 there will be a loss from over-ripenessand decay," 



It seems to be the general idea Among the pear grow- 

 ers and the fact has been established that it is best to 

 gather pears before they are fully ripe on the trees 

 and immediately haul them into the packing house or stor:- 

 age room and store tham in small packages to ripen, I 

 will speak more about this in a later chapter, 



ASSORTIITG Aim PAOKIITG TUB ERUIT 

 POR STORAGE PURPOSES. 



Perhaps there is as much or more fruit lost as a re- 

 sult of poor assorting and packing as from any other 

 cause. Again a considerable sxan of money is lost as a 

 result of carelessly mixing poor and small fruit with 

 the better grades. To demand the better prices on the 

 market, the fruit should be as near as uniform size as 

 possible and above all the diseased fruit should be sep- 

 arated from the sound, ITo thoughtful herdsman would 



