Handling And Commercial Utilization Of The Kieffer Pear

Author : Charles W. Culpepper
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528423311
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (233 download)

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Download or read book Handling and Commercial Utilization of the Kieffer Pear (Classic Reprint) written by Charles W. Culpepper and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Handling and Commercial Utilization of the Kieffer Pear The tree is Vigorous, very productive, and more resistant to blight and insect attack than most varieties, Which accounts for its popularity in farm and home orchards. In the East it has survived Where most other varieties have succumbed to the ravages of pear blight. The fruit is large and attractive and is rather resistant to many of the fungi and insects that attack other pomaceous fruits. However, it has acquired a reputation of being very poor in quality and for this reason is considered by many to be almost worthless. When freshly picked from the tree, the fruit is hard, coarse, and, therefore, rather inferior to many European Varieties in texture. The stone cells are more in evidence than in many Varieties, and it is lacking in flavor. It never ripens on the tree to the soft texture that is desirable in fresh fruit, though in some localities the green color more or less disappears and the skin becomes yellowish, Which gives it the appear ance of being ripe. Even when cooked, it generally does not soften to a product entirely satisfactory in texture. The necessity for proper storage, in order to soften or ripen the fruit, is not always known by many who grow the fruit. As a consequence the fruit is often allowed to go to waste, or at least is poorly utilized. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.