Biggle orchard book : fruit and orchard gleanings from bough to basket : gathered and packed into book form . wers go over each treeat least twice; and, often, three orPICKING BENCH four timcs, at intervals. Why?Because peaches seldom ripen evenly on a tree, and, bythe time all were ready to pick, some would be too softfor shipment. Peaches, like cherries and plums, arequickly perishable and therefore must be handledpromptly and at just the right minute. Each varietyhas its own ripening time, and by dividing an orchardinto, say, six kinds which ripen at intervals of abouta week apart, the orch
Biggle orchard book : fruit and orchard gleanings from bough to basket : gathered and packed into book form . wers go over each treeat least twice; and, often, three orPICKING BENCH four timcs, at intervals. Why?Because peaches seldom ripen evenly on a tree, and, bythe time all were ready to pick, some would be too softfor shipment. Peaches, like cherries and plums, arequickly perishable and therefore must be handledpromptly and at just the right minute. Each varietyhas its own ripening time, and by dividing an orchardinto, say, six kinds which ripen at intervals of abouta week apart, the orchardist is enabled easily to handleone variety before the next is ripe. Thisis a great point in large orchards wherecompetent help is hard to get, — spreadsthe picking and packing over six weeks,instead of crowding it into only one ortwo. Pi^UMS.— If possible, pick plums, formarket, with the stems on. The fruitshould be ripe, well colored, but not soft. If rotthreatens (as it often does), the sooner you can pickthe crop, the better. Dont delay a moment. Watchfor the right time, and then hurry PICKING FRUIT 127 Quinces.—A quince should be ripe and wellcolored before it is picked. Green specimens are notvery attractive to the average buyer. If necessary,pick the trees several times, at intervals, so as tosecure all the fruits in a proper condition. FRUIT SPURS. Better bruise j-our shins than your fruit. If possible, pick fruit during the cool of the day; and avoidpicking- during extra hot, murky days. For home use, let peaches and plums thoroughly mellowand ripen on the trees. But this wont do for fruit which is tobe shipped. Fruit should be set in the shadeor taken to the packing house as soon m ^gas picked. Dont let it sun-cook. Get ^^it cool and keep it cool. Figs. I and II show two styles oflong-handled fruit pickers which aresometimes used for high-up II ha-S a canvas chute arrange-ment for letting the fruit down intothe pickers hand. With either ap
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