The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-06-16
HARVESTING
STRAWBERRIES
Government Experts
lell How to Harvest
and Prepare the Fruit
tor the Worlds Markets

.Nc" that the harvest season for
straw'@rries is here the Tribune wish
es again to urge that it paws to sort
al" PACK your fruit carefully. The
acreage IN this fruit is increasing ra-
piaiy every year, and while as yet we
know OF no one who is shipping in re
MIGRATING crates yet the following in
structi Is issued by the government
agricultural department. on packing re-
ceptacles and picking may be of inter
est:
Tor distant market the fruits
must Ut gathered as soon as fully
grown and colored. When the fruits
are taken from the plants they should
go eithe' into cooled shipping cases or
into u cool storeroom where the tenn
perature can be maintained at ab ,ut
oV degrees. II this is impracticable
'ey should be placed in the shade in
as cool situation as possible.
FRUITS to be shipped in refrig- s.
orator boxes such as are used by
the southern growers (Florida grow +
ers In particularly. can be placed in the
chilled carriers as soon as they have -
stood IN the shade for half an hour. i
Such hardening off or chilling has
much the same effect on soft fruits Of
this nature as it has upon flowers. II
checks the ripening process and while
II does not entirely stop II the effect
fha,r io,r', ne irui's at tne end OF
thon 49,. much petler condltlOn
~ ~, % HoI 81 cnlieo IN this, as
III all work of this kind careful Judge
Ment is necessary. Too much cold is =
as bad as too little; in any case the re
chilling and iceing should be considere
ence has demonStrotoa ~ .ho4 ou =. iAperi.
- d,,;s,hiH as uemohstrated that 1t is not
~, ~ al.empt u hoid soft fruits ~
Icing or shining in rasr;anr..' .. ase'
iers allows the grower 20 hr;nu aaUa Ia ar =.
ruits to a higher state ~ ,,arsas.. IL
n the vines than when he is nhlieod =.
Zip long distances without a,,ch an
oth.., ~. - s,. eason alone thlS sassA+
etnod oa handling should be eEueur- l@--sy;
se0. = ~ etves the cSneunnsrt high-t ~
,-sSt. m,..t. ~, ne .roas expense ter I
,nnoc'eu VII" t"lS Sys!en VI shipment inn
cans n'sh pIices 10 tne consumer. tam
whether u IL 10 pe shlpped IN crates thos
Ielrlgerator carers or 10 De carried It
10 fruit should not ha rohonJ,.a &c., Lyme
. Iiul. snouiu H. not De rehanaied a1tel and
rs Wcheu. Inc plckers snould De and
a,ncu 70 uo Ine Aecessary assorting Th
,'o'> S.-o A'"Ae ." Prob
70 iecep'"Iies III WHICH IL Is 10 De used
arketeu. IN some iocafties, wnere ifica
'e irui,s pecome erea.ly soiied from the
ua splasnIhg over tnem IN neavy Belli
lhs, , growers iind IL ADVISABLE TO the {
sort anu PACK tne 1ruits, ana also to a tel
use Ineni IN water Deiore ass ,rting line
~ paoA,ns .nen,' 49,, inis as the system
"a s,'Soossf,,i E,nr;de arnn..,s extensive MR..
~ euu' ~ ,,aoro,a, Nrosd's.4.
.no .an,aarah,a n,,,.r.s
p's' ..,,,nSr,,ad a., 49, Mr.
= 'ou' nov" .h;., u,,,rr - ua den
s .ar o,, A' ,H h., ~ o,,art a. he- 6-at,
lly paM ~ , ar,e sss.o,o a tin
, 'nIes neoe'sa.s -. as t,e .',srr dors plete
!. noeR'"s !s.,,;Jun, n,ssaror+ growars Univ
:, ,1'',, 1"A difsarant schomao Some ,ssue In
"pioy snaS r,,nr. 49, tion
oheSn a VI taau w na 0wh 49, a cartoin rons
es na' ,es.e"' 81" h.oi.od ~, tha Fren
nave oeen na ~ " ~ Beat
cnel shese a.e Th;. ho ~ ID than
antape ~ reducing the number of ,Y,en Ms'