The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-10-08
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The time 10 riek apples eeretds spos
tts variety sna ibs character Of The ssssor.
Apples stleh ere rieaed early nsasiiy
tssr better thar To " shiea ere picked
s,s. Early pletss fruii has teDssns,
70 shrivsl ard bsesre tnnsh iron loss 81
moistrrs II siso lacks ealot. II allowed
10 s,snd 90 The trees lonees the sprles
lske 90 . better color. bot ere more liable
10 rot ia storsge II should BE- borue 10
ui1d. hewever. that II sprles are picked
moderately early tbfy vili continoe 10 col
% up after being gathered. !, 10 usually
beet to pick them 40 early I" possible With
cot their being liable 10 shfi,el alter The
picking. even though their best rolor hes
aoi been reached. For ssnenl storage
The mistake OF picking too late more fs
ausptly oecurs than that Of PICKING too ear
y. Iispples srs 10 be stored 10 The ordip
sry cellar thoy should be picked earlier
than II they ere pot 10 cold s,orsse. for
the reason that 10 tie cellar the breskinp
down process Of the fruit goes on mach
more rapidly daring the winter tbsu u
does 10 The los Temperature Of cold stof
age buildipes.
Certain varieties should be PICKED EARL
or than others Generally speaking, those
shich ripep earliest should be gathered
arst, spd the lstes. keepers should be The
last 10 BE- tslen from the trees. The Jop
stbsp, for Instance. utusliy thonld be
picked month ssilier then the Ben Dss
is. The Joaxihsn and York should b.
picked before they have reecttd their foil
color, which is usually soms time in Sep
TENDER. Crimes Golden should be picked
when The earliest specimens BEGIN to Is
sumo their yellow color end when their
seeds begin to turn black. Ben Davis and
Gsno ste utusliy gathered In October.
when they hsve taken on good color, emo
The later keeper, like Ingram, Jsuet. Wine
sap and Clayton. may be allowed to re
main upon the trees even little later
10 ss.herips apples they should be han
died 90 % TO receive as few bruises % pos
pibls. They should never be sbsktn or
knocked from the trees, bat picked sirgly.
10 the hand. placed 10 halt busbel baskets,
we'll padded With burlsp, and handled ~
little % possible before they ere finally
put 10 the barrels or boxes. Every apple
should be picked with the item 90. 1t 10
Is much part o: the apple % the skio It
self; Pulling on, the stem leaves wouod
10 the cavity OF the spple where bacteria
aud germs OF decay fod . convenient
breeding place. Not only should oil
bruises Of the skin be avoi led. but the
naturally wsIy cover Of the apple should.
o. for Is possible. be retained intact,
A cool place 10 40 open shed or under
the shade Of trees should be selected for
the packing. Apples should be cooled Is
much % possible before they are put into
II bsrrelled up and PIT 10 stor
age bot they are very liable to decsy badly
before the macs becomes cooled through.
In bsrrelling. tao layers OF apples
should be placed with stems toward tie
head 10 the bottom Of tie barrel, the lat
apple 10 esch layer being OF sucn az, 20
10 wedge The layer tight. Osher sppies
msy then be csreiulIy put in. The apples
should be very frequently ehsken down
into place BY lifting the the barrel up ind
dovs. and shaking 1t sideways. 30 lhst
during the filing process the fruit will be
packed - tightly o possible. wren the
barrel Is nearly foil two more layers OF
headers should be placed 10. go the lsst
syer will stand about one inch above the
,hims Of the barrel. The clamp should
hen be adjusted. and the head pressed
Town into place. to retain the fruit tight
q the barrel. II fruit 10 loosely packed
10 tbs. 1t will move about during ship
nent or handling, the spples become
bruised snd rot badly. After filling. the
,srrels should be placed where they will
'ool Of % quickly and thoroughly % pos
ible. and never be piled 10 large masses
luring bot days.
Ordinarily two OF three grades Of spples
re made. 10 some cases the very finest
pecimens ere selected, double wrapped
o tissue psper and packed 10 bushel box
8 or barrels to catch the highest prices 10
be market In places where Jonsthsn.
irimes Golden and York are grown II 10 ,
ighly desirable to pack the select portion
I the prod oct into boxes end put 10 cold !
forage and sell ior high prices in ls.e win
sr or early spring.
The msjority OF spples. however. should
Q sorted into first and second grades and
srrelled. Those which srs not suitable I
,r packing may 60 into the evAporstor. g
10 bsrrelline apples the packing should
. uniform throughout. IL Is misteke to
at foe iroit 10 tle Gu Ia Of the bsrrel end
II up the centre With culs. Oly sound :
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