Productive orcharding, modern methods of growing and marketing fruit . Fig. 116.—Peaches picked into oak picking baskets, to be packed out into other baskets for market. and semi-cling-stone varieties may be allowed to stay on the treemuch longer than those which are perfectly free. The realcling is not much in evidence these days, but thesemi-cling isfairly common. Peaches are, of course, always separated fromthe very short stem, and this ought to be done by as straighta pull as possible, as this bruises the edge of the cavity lessthan if they are pried loose. Cherries.—There is no great art
Productive orcharding, modern methods of growing and marketing fruit . Fig. 116.—Peaches picked into oak picking baskets, to be packed out into other baskets for market. and semi-cling-stone varieties may be allowed to stay on the treemuch longer than those which are perfectly free. The realcling is not much in evidence these days, but thesemi-cling isfairly common. Peaches are, of course, always separated fromthe very short stem, and this ought to be done by as straighta pull as possible, as this bruises the edge of the cavity lessthan if they are pried loose. Cherries.—There is no great art about picking cherries ex-cept to be sure to get the stems. In fact, the fruit itself shouldnot be touched any more than can be helped. Do the work withthe stems alone. They should be allowed to get as ripe as possi- WHEN AND HOW TO PICK 241 ble before being gathered, as they do not improve much afterpicking. And still they are not allowed to get fully ripe exceptfor very nearby markets. Taste is the standard by -which to. FiQ. 117.—Attacking an old-timer. The coat of picking such large trees is much greater than from low judge ripeness that is usually suggested by those who write onthis subject, and it is probably as good as any, though if it isadopted there is danger that some pickers will require to have16 242 PICKING AND HANDLING FRUIT their judgment refreshed rather often. Cherries ought alwaysto be picked into baskets or some other rigid receptacle and thisshould be rather small, as too large a body of fruit is likely tolead to injury. Plums are generally picked before they are ripe; for distantmarkets, long before. Yet like all stone fruits, they will respondin improved quality if they can be allowed to stay on the treestill fully ripe. The writer has had some experience with Bur-bank and Red June plums which was interesting to him and maybe helpful to others. Both of these are Japanese varieties, a
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