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| cut out | | | Lime Apple | | | infections | | | Sulphur Tree | | | | | | | Canker | | | | | | | --------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------+---------+---------- Leaf | Fungus | x | x | x | | | Lime Spot | | | | | | | Sulphur --------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------+---------+---------- Sooty | | | | x | x | x | Bordeaux Blotch | | | | | | | Mixture | | | | | | | and Lime | | | | | | | Sulphur --------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------+---------+---------- CHAPTER IX HARVESTING AND STORING Apples are practically never allowed to ripen on the trees but are picked and shipped green. By "green" we mean not fully ripe, not ripe enough to eat out of hand. This is necessary for all fruit which is to be shipped any considerable distance or which is to be stored. Used in this sense green has no reference to color, but as a matter of fact, much of our fruit is picked too green, before it has even reached its full size and is well colored. There is no exact time at which apples must be picked, but this depends on many factors such as the variety, the distance to be shipped, the soil, the climate, and various other conditions, to say nothing of seasonal differences. The time at which any variety should be picked in a particular section will be learned by experience. In general, apples should be left on the tree as long as possible in order to get the best size and color. When the apples begin to drop badly it is a pretty sure indication that it is time to pick. If the fruit is to be sold in the local market or for immediate consumption, it may be allowed to get riper than would otherwise be the case. With most varieties one picking is sufficient, but in the case of varieties like the Wealthy which does not ripen uniformly, or like the Twenty Ounce, which does not always color evenly, two or three pickings should be made. Two or three pickings are practically always necessary where fancy fruit is desired, in order to get the ideal size, color, and uniformity. LADDERS.--There are two gene
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