Elliott's fruit book; or, The Elliott's fruit book; or, The American fruit-grower's guide in orchard and garden. Being a compend of the history, modes of propagation, culture, etc., of fruit trees and shrubs, with descriptions of nearly all the varieties of fruits cultivated in this country; notes of their adaptation to localities and soils, and also a complete list of fruits worthy of cultivation elliottsfruitboo00elli Year: 1858 40 GATHERING FRUIT. rain. All fiiiits should be left until the full size is acquired; but under our clear sun, most varieties of pears are improved if they are gath
Elliott's fruit book; or, The Elliott's fruit book; or, The American fruit-grower's guide in orchard and garden. Being a compend of the history, modes of propagation, culture, etc., of fruit trees and shrubs, with descriptions of nearly all the varieties of fruits cultivated in this country; notes of their adaptation to localities and soils, and also a complete list of fruits worthy of cultivation elliottsfruitboo00elli Year: 1858 40 GATHERING FRUIT. rain. All fiiiits should be left until the full size is acquired; but under our clear sun, most varieties of pears are improved if they are gathered and permitted to mature their juices in the house. If on raising the fruit level with the foot-stalk it separates, it may be accounted ripe; or, if one be cut open, and the seeds found well colored brown or blackish, it is time to pull them. Gathering •with'fruit gatherers.' is esteemed most perfect, but if we could induce all our orchard farmers to gather by the hand, we should consider we had accomplished very much. Step-ladders, as seen in fig. 23, are used to facilitate the operation. The delicate thin-skinned varieties of winter apples should be gathered some ten days earlier than the thick-skinned varieties, if it is intended ¥ig. 23. to have them keep well. Of the quality of pears being varied by the process of ripening,' much has been said, and often with good reason and truth. The following description of a fruit room, is from a foreign jour- nal, and regarded as valuable. Hon. M. P. Wilder, of Boston, has a house buflt after this manner, except, that in place of the cavity between the inner and the outer walls, the space is filled with char- coal, as a non-conductor, and deemed an improvement, in that it produces a cooler temperature in Summer. ' Experience has shown that fruit will not keep well on the tree, after the latter has ceased to grow -, nor will its flavor be so good, because the stoppage of vegetation implies a corresponding fall of the temperature
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