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by machinery, including pitting the fruit. The trade de- 

 mands a firm yellow peach for canning, and a clingstone 

 variety holds its shape better than a freestone sort. A red 

 color about the pit discolors the syrup and is not wanted. 



The canning industry in California has reached very large 

 proportions, 90 percent of the pack being made from yellow 

 clingstone varieties, such as Tuscan, Orange, Peaks, and 

 Phillips. 



In the East, thus far the canning factories have taken the 

 surplus yellow peaches of several kinds. More attention needs 

 to be paid to the selection and development of proper canning 

 types. 



The evaporation or drying of peaches is practiced on a 

 large scale in California, where the climate is very favorable 

 for this purpose. The dried peach is an excellent fruit product. 

 It is questionable whether Eastern sections where it would be 

 necessary to work under cover, with artificial heat, can ever 

 compete in this field. 



7. Marketing through Cooperative Agencies. The peach, 

 like the apple, is packed and marketed extensively through co- 

 operative organizations, the grower being relieved of all re- 

 sponsibility after he delivers the fruit at the packing house. 



AH the advantages of cooperative apple marketing hold 

 here plus the fact that the peach is a fruit that must be mar- 

 keted without delay. A large enterprise devoting all its atten- 

 tion to packing and marketing should on the whole and over 

 a period of years perform this service better for a group of 

 individuals than each man could do it for himself. The large 

 grower may constitute an exception. 



Custom sheds where packing is done at a price which covers 

 cost plus a small profit to the operator have given good service 

 in some sections. The grower may or may not handle the 

 sale of his own crop. 



