. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. Air JrxjlLb color, but should not be soft. These vari- eties drop badly if too ripe. The grower himself must be the judge of his local conditions of season, soil, shipping dis- tance, and the like. The time of picking has a marked in- fluence upon the color of all apples. The. Fig. 3. "Eclipse" Orchard Ladder Having an Especially Wide B
. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. Air JrxjlLb color, but should not be soft. These vari- eties drop badly if too ripe. The grower himself must be the judge of his local conditions of season, soil, shipping dis- tance, and the like. The time of picking has a marked in- fluence upon the color of all apples. The. Fig. 3. "Eclipse" Orchard Ladder Having an Especially Wide Base. A low ladder like this may be used for gathering the fruit from the lower limbs yellow and green colors change after pick- ing but the reds change very little. With many varieties it will pay to make sev- eral pickings; especially is this true of red and striped varieties. The increase in size and added depth of color gained by leaving the immature fruit for a sec- ond picking more than repays the grower for the additional trouble. Summer apples usually attain their best flavor upon the tree, but late fall and winter apples are better some time after picking. Most of our commercial varieties of pears, if allowed to mature on the tree, become granular, and also have a ten- dency to develop core rot. In order to have juicy, fine and smooth grained fruit, it is necessary to harvest the pear while it is still hard and green. The most com- mon practice has been to recommend that the pear be severed from the tree as soon as the stem will separate easily from the spur by giving the wrist a gentle twist In some cases it is recommended that the pears be picked when they reach a certain diameter. With some pears, at least, it will be found advantageous to pick the fruit over an extended period. The Bart- lett, for example, can be picked over a period of six weeks, and where an extend- ed period like this is allowed, the total weight of the fruit gathered from the trees is very mater
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