12 BULLETIN 592, U. S. DEPARTMENT' OF AGRICULTURE. 
Special references. — Pruning and Training of Grapes, Yearbook 1898. The fol- 
lowing Farmers' Bulletins: 118, Grape Growing in the South; 471, Grape Propagation, 
Pruning, and Training; 709, Muscadine Grapes; 758, Muscadine Grape Sirup. 
Lesson 27. — Picking Fruit. 
1. When to pick. 
2. How to pick. 
3. Picking equipment. 
4. Management of pickers. 
Exercise 9. — Picking Fruit. 
The picking, packing, and grading of fruits is another form of 
practice which must be adapted to community needs and community 
interests. In one section the work may be centered on strawberries, 
in another apples, and perhaps in a third it will be citrus fruits. 
Exercises 9, 10, and 11 may be combined and as much extra time 
devoted to the work as possible. In this work also demonstrations 
may very well precede practice. Perhaps some of the students are 
so skilled that they may show other students how. 
Special reference. — Color as an Indication of the Picking Maturity of Fruits and 
Vegetables, Yearbook 1916. 
Lesson 28. — Grading Fruit. 
1. Necessity for grading. 
2. Examples of standard grading. 
3. Packages. 
Illustrative material. — Charts showing systems of grading and packing. 
Lesson 29. — Packing. 
1. Packing small fruits. 
2. Packing apples and pears. 
3. Packing plums and apricots. 
4. Packing peaches. 
5. Packing cherries. 
Exercises 10 and 11. — Grading and Packing Fruits, 
Lesson 30. — Storing Fruits. 
1. Keeping qualities of fruits. 
2. Relation of keeping quality to handling. 
3. Advantages in storing. 
4. Essentials of good storage. 
5. Types of storehouses. 
Special reference. — Cold Storage of Small Fruits, Bureau of Plant Industry Bulletin 
108. 
Lesson 31. — Transportation of Fruits. 
1. Relation of distance of market to type of fruit growing. 
2. Facilities for quick handling. 
3. Hauling to near-by markets. 
4. Express shipments. 
5. Loading cars. 
6. Precooling and refrigeration. 
