 | Massachusetts Horticultural Society - Agriculture - 1876 - 970 pages
...one side of a tree will be much earlier than the other, in which case the earliest side should lie picked first. This early picking should be ripened...will help to prolong their season by keeping up the vigor of the trees. Most summer and fall pears may be kept best by leaving them on the trees as long... | |
 | Massachusetts Horticultural Society - Agriculture - 1878 - 900 pages
...between the first and the last picking. The largest and ripest should lie picked first — as soon as the windfalls will ripen and be good — and the smaller...will help to prolong their season by keeping up the vigor of the trees. Most summer and fall pears may be kept best by leaving them on the trees as long... | |
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The largest and ripest should lie picked first — as soon as the windfalls will ripen and be good — and the smaller and greener ones should be left to receive the additional sap which the earlier ones would have appropriated. Sometimes one side of... 