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Show CAREFUL PACKING OF PEARS Care Should Be Exercised Not to Have Fruit Hang Too Long, as It Deteriorlates Quality, (By C. C. VINCENT.) While the packing of any fruit la largely a matter of experience, there are certain principles which apply to all fruits, though more care must be exercised with some varieties than with others. The pear is a very perishable per-ishable fruit and requires the most careful handling. The picking season varies with the prevailing climatic conditions each year. Whenever, on slightly twisting the stem and turning the pear upward, it will snap off, the fruit is ready to pick. Of necessity it must be picked for shipping while yet in a green state. Great care should be exercised not to have the pears hang too long, for it deteriorates the shipping qualities very materially. After picking, the fruit should be packed and shipped as soon as possible, possi-ble, as they are quite perishable. The boxes for pears must be lined with wrapping paper and the pears themselves also wrapped. There is an increasing demanfi for fancy pears, which means carefully selected, uniform uni-form fruit, well packed. It is unden A fine commercial pack of Bartlett pears. Fruit must be packed well if good prices are to be realized. stood, of course, that the fruit itself is first-class. Such fruit always brings higher prices than unsorted, poorly wrapped and packed pears. It is a spidid illustration of the statement that the greatest profit is realized by handling a number ond product in a first-class manner. There are several forms of packs for pears, but all are diagonal. The pears must be packed so tight that when the box is nailed there will be pressure enough on the fruit to hold it firmly in place. A larger bulge is allowed on pears than is customary on apples. |
