November, 1912 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS xiii 
Another method consists in gathering in 
the spring the half formed fruit, which is 
strung on ropes. These ropes or garlands 
are thrown over the branches of the tree 
and are allowed to decay under the burning 
sun. There is born of this decay an insect 
that pierces the growing fig and induces 
rapid maturity. The fig, when perfectly 
ripe, exudes a drop of honey sweet juice at 
the nether end, which never falls but hangs 
there, a standing temptation to children and 
to bees. When fresh picked at this stage 
the fig has a rich flavor entirely lost in the 
dried fruit. 
PICKING AND STORING APPLES 
ie apples are to keep well, they must be 
picked carefully. A bag or a padded 
basket should be used to receive the fruit 
and the apples should be unjointed at the 
fruit spurs. If the stem is pulled out or 
the skin otherwise broken, decay will 
soon set in. In the home orchard, the 
fruit should be left on the trees until well 
colored. When the apples are just beginning 
to soften, they are ready to be picked. 
Care must be exercised in barreling the 
apples, even for home use, if they are to 
keep well. All imperfect or bruised speci- 
mens should be rejected and the others 
placed in the barrel carefully. Then the fruit 
must be kept in a cool place. Generally 
the cellar is too warm at first; it is better 
to choose a sheltered place out of doors 
and to keep the apples there, protected 
from rain, until freezing weather ap- 
proaches. Extra fine specimens for Win- 
ter eating may be secured by storing 
them in barrels of sawdust. 
ESKIMO DOGS FOR THE MARKET 
T Grove Park, one of the suburbs of | 
London, a very interesting dog farm 
is conducted by an Englishwoman. Her 
specialty is Eskimo dogs, which she breeds 
and trains for the market. The market is 
not very large, but it is sufficient to make 
it worth her while to raise and train the 
best possible Eskimo dogs. It is not the 
food market, nor the ordinary dog market. 
It is the market for Eskimo dogs which are 
trained for Arctic exploration. If you de- 
cide to make a journey to one of the poles, 
you know that Eskimo dogs are absolutely 
essential. You can get good Eskimo dogs 
in Greenland, or in Alaska. But the good 
dogs in Greenland may not be exported ex- 
cept by special permission of the Danish 
government; and the good dogs in Alaska 
are not so good. One trouble with ordinary 
Eskimo dogs is that they have no breeding 
and no discipline. They will obey the mas- 
ter with whom they have been brought up, 
but when they start after fish or other game, 
even their master can control them only by 
the exercise of brute force. For the pur- 
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dogs that are broken to the harness and are 
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It is this kind of dog that is bred in the 
Grove Park kennels for the market. These 
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through with an Eskimo dog the animal is 
not nearly so ferocious as one that just 
“growed up” in the curroundings of an Es- 
kimo village. They adapt themselves quickly 
to new masters, and they have acquired good 
eating manners, so that they are not so likely 
to attack the cupboard of fresh game. 
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