The Harrison times., 1912-09-28
Preparing Fruit for Exhibition.

the prizes at the coming exhibitions
and fairs it will be their own fault.
The Agricultural Exhibit will be
held in Harrison, October the 18th
and 10Th, The ADMINISTRATIONS
Fair at Fort Smith October 14-l9
Arkansas on Wheels will start out
Just after the close OF this fair. The
State Fair will be held i'll Hot
Springs November 11th to 10th,
The Tri-State Fair will be held in
Memphis Tennessee, September 23rd
to 2Sth, Every state in the Union
will hold a state fair and many
counties in Arkansas will hold
fairs Should any one having fine
fruit to send to any fair or exhibit
tion want information about send
ing it the newspapers of Harrison
or the undersigned secretary, who
has lists Of these tairs, will be
pleased to furnish the information
At the Canadian Horticultural
Society meeting this summer models
of Arkansas Black apples raised at
Capps caused such surprise and ad-
miration that the majority of those
in attendance refused to believe that
the models had been taken from
real apples, Our county raises
quantities Of fruit every year as fine
and beautiful as those models were
and it is only a lack Of proper in
tcrest and horticultural pride that
has kept the growers from showing
every state III the Union, our Can
odian neighbors and the countries
beyond the seas the beauty and
quality Of their products,
After fruit has been properly
grown the next thing is to gather
it properly and at the right time,
! Only specimens free from disease and
insect injuries and Of normal form
and color should be selected Care
should be exercised that no bruises
be given the fruit in picking or hand
ling, All fruit when gathered
should be placed in padded baskets
or receptaclcs with soft Innings.
Fruit should be grown but not ripe
when taken from the trees The cX.
perienced eye can tell at glance by
the color and general appearance
when the proper time for gathering
arrives, The Inexperienced may de-
tcrmine largely BY the ease with
which the stem separates from the
fruit spur It too green the stem
may pull off or break ut any point
or the fruit spur may break of with
the stem, If the proper stage Of
maturity has arrived the stem and
fruit spur separate at their point OF
union with ease,
TO keep fruit N the most perfect
condition it should be well cooled,
wrapped in one or two thieknesses
of pQraGuc paper Chat used for
wrapping butter which may be
bought AT a grocery store will an
Swer the purpose) then in two or
three thieknesses OF newspaper or
MANILA paper The former prevents
the evaporation Of moisture, the
cause Of shrinkagc and the latter
tends to preserve an even tempera-
ture, The fruit should then be
placed in boxes or barrels and
placed in u cellar or some cool place,
| If no cold storage is handy, The
writer has seen kcifIcr aud other
winter pears kept IN an ordinary
cellar, wrapped in this manner ill
the December or January meeting Of
horticultural societies Not only
the color aud hrmncss but the quail.
ity Of the fruit was perfectly pre-
served
Jonathan and Grimes Golden and
other fall apples were wrapped az
described above and kept in the
horticultural Hail of the Missouri
University The following May and
June they were placed on exhibition
ut the Worlds Fair IN 81, Louis
The writer assisted in the placing
Of these apples and in several bar.
rcls saw but few specimens sorted
out ~ unfit for exhibition No Np'
parent shrnknge had taken place
the fruit was not over ripe and the
Grimes had taken on beautiful
golden color which extended through
The fruit 4 color which the nm.
wrapped apple never takes on,
At the ninelh meeting the Boone
County horticultural Association
October 9th, this subject will be
more fully treated. Also the subject
Of storage will he taken up Ihuus.
uuds of dollars are lost TO the grow.
crs Of this county every year through
the lack Of storage facilities II is
tune that our association began the
discussion Of this subject