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Swedish Chip Fruit-Basket. 



Fruit gathering must be regulated by the purpose for 

 which it is required, and though the preceding remarks 

 have a general application, the particular object in view 

 will determine the 

 time at which the 

 work should be 

 done. Fruits to be 

 sold in a ripe con- 

 dition should have 

 reached their full 

 development as re- 

 gards size, but must 

 not be in the last 

 stage of ripeness 

 when the tissues are 

 becoming soft. In 

 hot weather, when 

 such rapidly ripen- 

 ing fruits as straw- 

 berries are collected, 

 this matter demands 

 the closest attention 

 and the judgment 

 derived from ex- 

 perience. A small 

 proportion of over- 

 ripe fruits which 

 become crushed on 

 the journey to 

 market is quite 

 sufficient to damage 

 a large quantity of 

 berries and spoil their sale. Due attention to frequent 

 gathering will ensure the collection of fruits before they 

 reach this stage and a material saving will be effected. 

 Of all fruits which growers have to market in a ripe 



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Fruit and Flower Basket. 



(Messrs Osman & Co., 132-134 Commercial 

 Street, E.) 



