. Modern fruit marketing : a complete treatise covering harvesting, packing, storing, transporting and selling of fruit . Fruit trade. 122 MODERN FRUIT MARKETING to the influence of the fertilizing constituents. Nitrogen in abundance tends to produce overgrowth of vegetation and under-coloring of the fruit, while phosphorus and potassium develop the flavors and aroma characteristics of the fruit and the high colors that are necessary for good keeping. This is one reason why old, neglected orchards or those badly run down produce fruit that. Fig. 91.—FRUIT STORED IN OPEN BOXES This is not desir
. Modern fruit marketing : a complete treatise covering harvesting, packing, storing, transporting and selling of fruit . Fruit trade. 122 MODERN FRUIT MARKETING to the influence of the fertilizing constituents. Nitrogen in abundance tends to produce overgrowth of vegetation and under-coloring of the fruit, while phosphorus and potassium develop the flavors and aroma characteristics of the fruit and the high colors that are necessary for good keeping. This is one reason why old, neglected orchards or those badly run down produce fruit that. Fig. 91.—FRUIT STORED IN OPEN BOXES This is not desirable if it must be repacked before selling. keeps poorly and is lacking in the right flavor and texture. The temperature of the fruit at packing time influ- ences its keeping in storage. Fruit that is allowed to stand at a high temperature for two or three weeks will advance in the ripening stages much more rapidly after being put in storage than when transferred at once from the trees to the cold storage house. All fruits in- tended for storage are preferably graded and packed. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brown, Bliss S. , 1880-. New York : Orange Judd Company
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