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Title: Seedtime and harvest : a graphic summary of seasonal work on farm crops
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Baker, O. E. (Oliver Edwin), 1883-1949
Subjects: Planting time United States Harvesting time United States
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Fig. 66,—Picking the commercial crop of peaches begins in the important centers ofcentral Georgia and northeastern Texas usually about July 10 and is over by the 20th, inthe Ozarks picking begins between July 25 and August 15, in Delaware by mid-August,and in Michigan and New York from September 1 to 20. The picking season in theseregions is usually about 10 to 15 days long. In California picking begins some years asearly as July 15, but usually during August. Picking peaches commonly requires a con-siderable supply of transient labor. An average crop in central Georgia, 125 bushelcrates per acre, requires about 50 hours of man labor ; and a crop of 135 crates (or 270baskets) in West Virginia requires about 45 hours of labor per acre. The map is basedon about 500 records from commercial growers received during the 10 years 1902-1911by H. P. Gould, of the Office of Horticultural and Pomological Investigations, Bureau ofPlant Industry. Seasonal Work on Farm Crops. 51
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Fig. 67.—The Ben Davis apple is one of the most important commercial varieties andhas a wide range. The date of its picking may. therefore, be considered representati\eof the date when extra labor is needed in handlinir the winter apple crop. Picking be-gins about September 21 along the southern margin of the apple belt and progressesnorthward until about a month later it is l^^ginning in Michigan and New York. Inlarge centers of apple production, especially in Missouri. Michigan, and New York, aconsiderable amount of transient labor is required to assist in this operation. In gen-eral for an 80-barrel crop in New York about 50 hours of labor are required for pickingand 50 for .sorting, packmg, and hauling; and in Hood River. Oreg., 50 hours for pickingand 100 for sorting, packing, and hauling a crop of 200 packe<l boxes per acre. The mapis bas»d on about 700 records from comniHrcial growers received during the 10 years1902-1911 by H. P. (iould, of the Office of Horticultural an

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