When To Pick Apples And Fears

The Prairie l'oresler says : Most peoplo let applea and pears become too ripe before they gather thein. They want to see thein fully ripe - ready to fall off the treo before they piek them. This a wroDg. If picked a few days beforo maturity, thoy will keep longer, color more highly aad coiumand a higher prico in markot. ïhe precise time to piek is rather diffieult to determine. Th o best criterioo is, to raise the fruit up, and bend the stern over, and if tho stem parts from the shoot without breakiug, the fruit ia ready to piek - whether apples or pears. Feara should bo picked proportional'y parlior thuu apples. The tju --j í me Irui ] impnred by eaïly aatbefiug fter 1 eii g pieked. it sliuuld be put iu tight boxes or barrels, .uid kept a few days in the dark, if of k.m'!"'( ■;■ or tall varieties. Iiere they undeij i a sueating procepp, and when tho barrel is opened, tuu fruit will be found of the biightest crimson and riehest gdlden colora. Half of the secret of Buocoes ia orchardiug, is in knowiDghow and when to piek fruit, and how to get it to murket so as to command the highest price and readiest sales. Every one's expi-rience must goveru biuj, and tho more he studies this matter, the more expert he will become. We are anxious all our readora should think whilo they work - tliut tho mind shou'.d be ezercisoci m woll as tbo musdo iu farm operationg; aod paitieulai ly ehould tbirt Lo tho cas in fruit growing, where skill of the highest order will alays bo suitably rewarded.