Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-15
AariCultural.

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BKsT MANNER OF GATHERING AND KEEPING
FhUIT.-Here is a s~easonable article, from
Barry's Fuit Garden, filed with useful
hints:
This is a branch of the general subject Of
fIuit culture and management that requires
the most careful attention for it is quite
useless to take pains to produce fine fruits,
without taking equal pains in gathering,
preserving, and sending them TO the table or
market in a sound, slightly, and proper con-
ditiop. Very few fruit growers seem to ap-
pIeciate this part of their business. Fruit
dealers at home aud abroad complain of the
careless ard ~slovenly manner in which our
fruits are gathered, packed, and presented
IL the market, and would gladly pay adouble
price for them in a better condition, The
first consideration is
The period Of maturity at which fruits
should be 9dtheTed@The stone ruits gener.
ally are allowed to reach perfect maturity, or
within four or five days of it, on the tree.
In moist, cool seasons particularly, they are
benefited by being gathered a few days be-
fore maturity, and are allowed TO ripen in a
dry, warm room they part with the water
contained in the juices, which, thus become
better elaborated and more sugary and high
favored.
Mode Of Carbohydrates it be a few
Specimens wanted for immediate use, which
may be taken with some of the c~ontfivances
mentioned under the head of implements, all
fIuit should be gathered by the hand. The
branch to be gathered from should be taken
IL one hand, and the fruits carefully taken
of, one by one, with the other, with their
stems attached. (For fruits neither keep so
Rell,ner look so well without their steams.)
Trey are then laid carefully in single layers,
il broad shallow baskets, the bottom of
Uhiph GhQnln no aOUarp0 with nanar Or moss
IL prevent bruises. Peaches and other soft
iiuts should be pressed as lightly as possible,
for anything like a squeeze is certainly fol-
lowed by decay ia the form of a brown spot,
Al q this is the reason why it is so exceed.
iIg ~ difficult to find a perfectly sound, aud
g. he same time ripe, peach in our markets.
When more than one layer of fruit is laid
IL the same basket, some soft pBper, dry
mes, hay, or some other material, ought to
s. parate them, for il is difficult to place one
layer Immediately upon another, and, es
J,cialy if the fruits are approaching matur-
it,, without bruisiDg them more or less.
r. uit should only be gathered in dry weather,
AID in the dry time of the day.
Disposition Of The Fruits After Gathering.
Nben they are thus in the basket, if Sum
mtr fiuits, they are either carried into the
fIuitroom snd arranged on shelves and tables,
in thin layers, or they are carefully transferred
Ore by ene into market baskets, and carried
to market on an easy spring wagon, if not
by steamboat or railroad, by which jarring
OF jOlting will be avoided. Treated in this
maoper they will be in q marketable condi
tion, and one basket will sell for as much
rs tour, caIelessly picked, thrown into bas
kets, and tumbled out of them into a barrel
OF wagon hOX. M
SunzaeT Pears, too, on the same principle,
require to le gathered, as a general thing,
fIom a week TO a fortnight before their ma
- Suuara -a-.AWaaa cd anak N - 49,
inclined TO become mealy, are entirely
worthless when ripeDed on the tree, and
many excellent varieties are condemned on
this account. Such as ihess should be gath
eled the moment the skin begins TO change
color in the least degree.
Summer AppLes, too, and especially those
inclined to m~ealiness, should be picked early,
as soon as the skin begins to change color;
otherwise they part with their juices, and
become worthless. Ripeness is indicated by
the seeds turning dark colOred, and by the
stem parting readily from the tree when it is
lifted upward. 20
RiHter Apples and Pears should be all
lowed 70 remain on the trees as long as
vegetation is active, or until frosts are ap.
pretended. ~ 40.
Grapes Berries, etc, are allowed to attain
perfect maturity before being gathered.
FRUIT ROOMs.-A fruit room is a structure
set apart exclusively for the preservation of
fruit. It's great requisites are, perfect security
rom moisture or dampuess, exclusion from
light, and uniform temperature. IL these
points are obtained, no matter where, how or
Of what material the fruit room be con-
Btructed. IL may be bnilt of stone, brick,
clay or wood, above or below ground, as cir
cumssanees OF taste may dictate.
A good, dry and cool cellar is as good a
place for keeping fruit In as can be provided;
but the great objection TO cellars used for
Al. - ~ -
frequently admitted, aud too much light by
winch the temperature is changed, decay
promoted, or the fruits dried and shtiveied,
There are, alec, other objects that uuavoida-
bly, saturats the Air more or less with moist
pTe. ae n3u lf-'
Where q fruit room is built on the surface
OF The gronOd, IL should be on the ice houss
principal Of double walls and doors, 10 pre-
Tsntseerss of either heat or cold from with
Dut, AgO0d eeiiar or cave, built In a dry
sadly, or Erngely bank, or side hill, viii
Answer even purpose. The walls may be o
stone, brick. or timber the roof should bl
thick, with q slope sufficient to throw of
water freely and the earth about should also
be SO graded that water will flow as fast a
il fals- Provision may be made for lighting
RndNentilating in thu roof and the door o.
doors should be double.
Tia interior should be fitted up viii
shelves and bins, with places for barrels O
other articles In which fruits are packed.
NoDH or P~sopucIEs pouBLE FLowHRs
Double flowers are produced sOmewhat il
The same manner as choice fruits. BY, year
Of careful culture, and the raising OF mes
varieties from seed, Improvement Is effected
ia double blossoms, the seed-producinI
qualities are sacrificed In the production Q
a. extra number Of petals and sometimes
'efore, double hoVers, like the Tea Week
+ Z, produce no seeds, OF very few, hk
al tBalsam. In eases where the d0ubl
81 ~ en- produces 20 seed, u must be save
tIsm single a0Wsss growing pear OF aaE