Harvesting Fruits
Posted on February 26, 2009, by admin, under Gardening.
A neglected orchard may easily be growing trees which are stunted because of waterlogging. The natural drainage of the water is impeded in some way and thus the lower roots may be killed each winter, while this is followed by a summer drought when, because of the dead roots, the trees cannot get hold of the moisture they need.
With raspberries, it is a question of cutting out all the old wood and retaining the new, though, if the canes are stunted, one can suspect virus troubles, and then it will be best to scrap the rows and start all over again.
They can then go into a refrigerator for an hour or so before serving if it is a hot day. They then may be served with crushed ice plus the usual sugar and cream!
Draining is quite a technical job but, generally speaking, the agricultural drains are laid no deeper than 2 feet 6 inches and no farther apart than 15 feet.
White currants never grow pure white: when they are ripe they are a sort of dirty- white colour. Nectarberries go almost purple before they are ready to pick, whereas blackberries are jet black, and loganberries dark red. Mulberries are almost black before they are ripe. Blackcurrants can be deceiving in that they turn black before they ripen fully, and many is the amateur who has picked them too early in consequence.
The commercial growers, who market their soft fruits, have of course to pick on the unripe side, for ripening continues even after the fruits have been removed from the plants or trees. He has also to study the question of varieties, for there are some kinds which keep whole and travel long distances far better than others.
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