. The Bulletin of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Agriculture -- North Carolina. The Bulletin. 21 usually causes poorly-developed, undersized specimens that never find as ready a sale as do the fully matured, highly-colored fruits. As soon as the "June drop" has safely passed, if the trees are heavily laden, from thirty to forty per cent of the fruit should be taken off. It requires less time and is much cheaper to pick it at this time than it would at the harvest season. The remaining specimens will be of so much better size, color and quality that it will more than pa
. The Bulletin of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Agriculture -- North Carolina. The Bulletin. 21 usually causes poorly-developed, undersized specimens that never find as ready a sale as do the fully matured, highly-colored fruits. As soon as the "June drop" has safely passed, if the trees are heavily laden, from thirty to forty per cent of the fruit should be taken off. It requires less time and is much cheaper to pick it at this time than it would at the harvest season. The remaining specimens will be of so much better size, color and quality that it will more than pay for the expense of thinning. Most of the profit in growing peaches depends upon the way in which they are harvested and prepared for market. Work of this kind requires the personal attention of the grower. The average hired labor cannot be depended upon to pick and pack satisfactorily without strict oversight, for this crop probably requires more careful attention than any of the other fruits. The proper time at which to harvest peaches depends almost entirely upon the conditions under which they are expected to be used. For home and local consumption, the fruit need not be picked until fully ripe; but when grown for the distant market, the time re- quired to place the fruit on sale in the best condition must govern the picking season. There is just the right time to pick, and this can only be learned from experience. The same general directions relating to the harvesting of apples will apply to the picking of peaches, except that the peach necessitates even a more careful handling than does the apple. The natural structure of. Fig. 10.—Peaches Standard Six-basket Cabbies. the peach is such that it does not require to be gathered with the stem on, as is the case with apples; but it is just as necessary that each speci- men be pulled by hand and carefully placed in some suitable receptacle. Peaches should also be sorted into three grades before being packed. In packing,
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