The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-11-24
Apples for MARKET.

The market calls for inrly colGrcd
apples. aud II is not far ont ot the way
10 ny that quality Is not q consldera-
ton At all. This is somewhat too loud
n statement tbut to state the exact
truth. We may SAY that such an apple,
other things being equal. OF nearly 80.
will bring n great deal The most money
Ia ans general market The vast ma.
jurity of people are looking out for APP
roarance. aud whilr II !. probable that
II they always took the prccauiion -
Ia te before buying, q bad red apple
would not sell. IL i u fact that that they
do not taste. II the apple looks we'll
md tempting they buy, upon the
principal that anything that looks so
good must be good. Well, al apples
are not red and We must do the
best we can with what we have. II We
are Mt all apt scholars We shall learn q
valuable Lesson from what we may call
the craze for color. We shall. learn 10
keep up appearances to the highest pos.
-iblc standard; and 10 a certain degree
the appearance of an apple indicates
is worth. That is 10 Say, II the apple
IS perfectly sound, Il will be worth
more than Il IL Il bru Sod. In all
markets there are more or less bruised
fruit, Sometim mes this Is not the grow
er's fault, while in others il i After
having grown n crop Of apples, and
concluded that We will gather il. Il is
the height Of folly not to gather them
properly. There i, no more particular
work 10 he done on the farm than
picking and packing fruit; and In no
department Of farm work is Il 80 nee
es.ary to superintcnd the help. Usual
" the grower hims II i careful. As a
rule men are reasonably careful with
their own property and we regret TO
say ms n rul men are not 80 careful with
other peoples property a. they are
with their own. II therefor happens
ye-y often that when help must be en-.
plnNcd 70 gather n pack the frtilt
crop. there Is considerable los, from
rough handling, unless the work is
closely superintendent. Every bruised
apple is 50 much loss. II bruised fruit
sell. at all, Il j. at u discount, and our
fruit growers have not To BE- told that
they arr never fortunate enough 10 cs-
capc these losses. On the contrary
they have TO bear the Losses which come
from faults Of their own, and generally
those which arise from the carclcssncss
II those TO whom they consign. 1t all
comes upon the grower.
Apples should bc picked rs soon as
they are tit for harvesting. To permit
them TO remain on the trees longer Is to
expose them to tho danger Of dislodg-
ment by heavy winds. and almost 10
freezing in our eccentric Northern eli
mae, where we are not pos lively Ger.
tain w are safe from n snow.storm on
the Fourth Of july. The manner Of
picking need hardly hc described. the
Only thing necessary being to do il so
rs Ia prevent bruises. A very conyon-
lent way Is TO slip a common bag. tied
with n string 10 n upper corner and
n lower corner. over the shoulder.
II is much handler than a basket. and
the fruit can be empticd into the barrel
If il is immed atcly placed In barrels
with less liability to get bruised. II
is a good plan to let the apples that are
10 be marketed las In heaps awhile be-.
fore barreling. that thcy may sweat.
aud also develop any in ury which any
Of thcm may have received In picking
and handling. The barrels in which
apples aro packed should b. carefully
examined to the end that everything ~.
side which would wound the fruit shall
b. removed. There arr frequently nails
or splintcrs on the inside Of a barrel
which will surely tear every apple with
which they come in contact. The apples
should be 81 packed that they viii bc
perfectly tight In the barrel, and In or.
der to have them thus Il will be- reces.
sary TO Use a lever in bringing the head
10 il place. after the barrel i full.
This may be- made BY taking n plank.
and fas cning q chain TO one end oi
IL by mcans Of n staple. and fastening the
other end Of the chain, which should /,
~ long as n barrel. to tho end OF IN,
lever. Set the barrel on the plant snd
OIL Il f, o the apples will come a it'll,
above tho level; put ON the head. and
bring the lever TO bear upon il. pressing
Il 20 Us place. II the barrel has beet
shaken while being filled. this lcve,
process will pack the apples very firm
Never pack anything brit the best. Re
jet every imperfect apple, whatever
the nature Of the imperfectlon ma be
-WcsieTH Rural.