Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-05-13
Padding aai Shipment, OF Trlit.


Remarks made before the American
Pathological Society ut is session Of
1895, held at Grand Rapids. Micli.
gan-from procccdings-by Parker
Earle, of Gordon, III.
Mr.. Earle said: have not had time
TO prepare paper, but will talk little
upon this very practical subject. In
commercial fruit growing the prcpar-
alton Of the fruit for market and the
transportation Of i, is a matter of inn
portancc second to no other. The sue
cess that may attend the marketing of
fruits, IL the best packages are used
ani the best transportation secured,
will depend on the quality of fruits
produced, 80 that any discussion that
would be Of value would involve first,
the proper growth Of Our fruits. II
we grow poor fruit, ii makes little diff
ference how we put it on the market.
But prssuming that the fruits we have
grown are worthy in growth and va
ricty. and properly ripencl, the qucs-
| ton then of how shall We handle them
l. certainly one Of great Importance.
The frlIit-growcr who lives near his
consuming market, and think by the
way, lac is the most hopefully placed
OF any fruit grower anywhere, j. quite
Independent in this matter. IL doesn't
make 20 much differences to him what
kind of packages Inc uses, so long rs
he plcascs his customers, because he
has buta short distance 10 20 and his
fruit will carry well anyway. But
there is n very large fruit production
in America intended for very distant
markets, and this business has boon
growing rapidly for the last twenty or
twenty-five years-espccially during
the last fifteen ycars-until we sec the
most tender fruits, beginning with
Strawberries, grown in Florida and
other Gulf States intended for the
markets OF the parallel of 40 deg. to
80 deg. and they are sent to these
markets to a certain extent successful
". Florida Strawberries are seen In
the northern cities in February. and
aro sent west from New York to Chi
cago, and some Of them are sent al
most q thousand miles beyond Chica-
20. have known Strawberries to be
held in the market OH South Water
street four or five days in good condi-
ton. They stood so well because they
had never been heated, but had been
constantly kept in cool temperature
though with actual refrigeration only
from Florida TO New York. Thus In
cool weather, even Strawberries so
delicate and tender that in hot wealth.
or you can scarcely keep them over
night or send them across Lake Mich
igan, may be kept for days and even
weeks.
Every day through the summer car
loads of fruits arrive in Chicago from
California--oftcn eight or ten in day,
and they mainly reach the consuming
markets in very good conditiOn-large-
ly in the very best Of condition. These
fruits arc not pears alone, which are
somewhat durable, but they begin
with cherries, apricots, nectarincs and
peaches and go on through the season
TO pears, grapes and other fruits. 1t
was most surprising to me to see
Hale early peaches In New York and
Boston, grown in California, and yet
in good condition. AS we grow them
in Southern Illinois We have great diff
iiculty in most cases in getting them
to Chicago without serious loss by de-
cay. WHAT'S the reason Of this differ
cncc? First, the California peaches are
well grown, in q cOngcnial soil and
suitable climate. which Is very dry,
and think very free from the germs
of decay. Again, they have 10 clircu-
lios there, aud | believe they will al
ways. bc without them, hence, the
fruit Is sound when II Is packed. The
peaches are picked when fully grown
or nearly so, gathered very carefully,
and wrapped in paper. They arc
placed in shallow packages and hand
lcd.with great care, being handled by
men who ship them so that unit! they