Show softening of any fruit after picking likely the softening of fruit after picking depends mainly upon the temperature sealing fruit in airtight air tight jars or coating it bilth w etli paraffin nn and the like will delay deiny softening but aside from those these exceptional conditions temperature Is the controlling factor in the softening of fruit in general fruit should be kept as cool as possible after picking it if several days elapse between picking and packing the fruit should never be piled up under the he trees or left out in the sun if a cellar Is adall available ab lo 10 it should be used for storing between the operation of picking and packing fruit picked during the me day may bo be left outdoors during cool to lower lawe the temperature and put in ill the cellar early the next morning |