The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-10-16
fats for farmers.
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,~.s.>.. :. ma Of the earliest writer's on
a.,A.u,oe in the United States. and Aeenan, Oh
-. r,~,d.,sr's No.tMy. says that Ii tie has
-, .da,d 70 the general kno~ledge OF no" to
......,. fruit ,ince he has penned the following
di.sesioos:]
Winter pears and apples should generaly DC
gathered in October some ell Dc NJ 'or p."e
-, mar, others not before the midcie VI
lAs,.r ead thereof. hi, FIN
-,-,h yn should try several OF them IN dluer
an, o.,,s Of the trees, by turning them gent!
an. "a, ar the other; if they qnit the Tree
..~;l, IL il a siRn Of maturity aud time 70 gather
tlem ..r..,. ..,;,o nears
.h.,nd h. suffered 10 remain on the trees ui
ovrr,ake., BY frost; for it they are once touched
,;,h h, IL will occasion many OF them to rot IN
~ .nort time. Indeed, it would be needless,
49,, v,oos. 70 suffer either apples or pears To
,.m.,o on the trees after the least appearance oil
Lee upon the water, as they would De subject "
m.c,, u.iiry and receive no possible k.no vi Den
ehI afterwards
Ups,rvs III gathering the principal keeping
fru.s both pears aud apples, 70 do "hen the Trees
aud I, UT are p-rirctiy dry, otherwise tne! vii
not Keep ~ we'll /; and that the sorts des'g"eo
for long keeping oe all carefully hand pulled one
bv Que. AID Laid gently into basket, 80 as not
20 bruise Que another.
According - toe fruits are ga'hereo' carr!
chem j, To the fruitery, or into some convruient,
dry, clean apartment, and Lay them caieiu9 III
hs.us. each sort separate, fOr about ten days or
tvu v~.ks in order that the w.tery juices may
trsn-o,rr. which gill make them keep longer,
aud render them much better tor eating than u
put up nnAly ~ soon rs pulled.
" hen they have lain in heaps that time, wipe
zach fruit. Que alter another, with Clean, dry
cloth. aud II you have very warm dry Cellar,
,h.,. tsu,. is by ND means likely to enter, uor
III. ul.cs subject 70 u:h dampn.ss, Ia, them
slnsi, uuou o elves coaIed with dry straw, and
cover rhem with Layer of the same
Or YOU NAV wrap some OF the choice sorts,
scparA:,iy, in - h,le paper, and pack them up ~
b.r,sis. os 10 baskets, hned with the same mate
rial Or, after being ~iped dry, lay layer about
OF fruit AID perfectly dr., sand III barrels, aud
head them up - tight AS possible La default oil
esud you may use barley CHAT, bran, or dry "a"
duet.
Another method, and Q very good one, is to
be provided With . uunber OF large earthen Jars,
and qu.nlit, ii moss, In perfectly dry state
aud sn~n the fruits wiped dry as before d.
rscsed, your jArs being also Dry lay therein lay
e. .bouI Vi fruit and luoss ill the jars are nearly
full, gbsn cover with layer OF muss.
suffer th. % to remain in this state for eight
or w.. days, then examine stratum or two
q the tOp 70 zee it the moss and fruits are per
fecsiy dry and il you fad them III n good cOndt
ss0n, stop the jars up with good cork plugs. and
cover them with some melted 70 Ill To keep Out
cir. The pears aud apples to be used this way
should os The latest AID bess Keeping kinds, and
such rs .Ie not generally fl for use ill February
~. ch or April
Alter She jars are sealed as above, place them
In = warm, dry cellar or room. on bed OF per
fsctly dry rand, at lrss, one foot thick; AID
about Ihe middle vi November. or SOONER If there
y any danger TO be spprehended from fros,
an ny bstseen the ns With very dry sand. uht''
II v lot th.c OK around and over them Thus
you nay preserve pears IN the gr. Attest perfecto'
:vr eight ninc months, aud apples tselve.
be particularly careful To examine every fruit
% you ~ve il. least il is bruised which would
Cause il soon to rot and communicate the infec
EOn, ~ that in little time, much injury might
BE su tAiied in cons~ quence OF tr.ting negec III
the g st instance but, above all things place
y0ui tluit, whatever way they are put up, com
plct.ly out Of the reach OF frost.
The mmOn kinds, for more immediate use,
after being sweated aud wiped as before directed,
may be pa ed in hampers or barrels, layer about
Of frail nLu ';raw, and placed where they will
neither be exposed to damps nor ffosts.