CHAPTER Vll 



MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS 



Flavour — Gathering the fruit — Fruit trees for decorative purposes — 

 Miscellaneous directionSj etc. 



Gathering the fruit. — People have often as- 

 tonished me by saying that fruit from pot trees 

 is lacking in flavour. This depends very much 

 upon the conditions of growth, and also the 

 gathering of the fruits. 



Reference has already been made to the con- 

 ditions of the growth of trees, but no mention 

 has been made as to the best time for gathering 

 the fruits. This should take place some hours 

 after the trees have been watered ; e.g. if the 

 watering has been done in the morning, the fruit 

 should be gathered in the afternoon, or vice versa. 

 If the fruit can be gathered during sunshine, so 

 much the better. Ne\'er allow the fruit to remain 

 on the trees until it is over ripe ; rather gather it 

 a day or two earlier, and allow it to ripen off the 

 tree. 



If these instructions are followed, the flaAoiu- 

 of the fruit will be greatly assisted and impro^'ed. 



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