The silver star., 1899-09-01
FARMING MATTERS !.
egNplNo FRUIr 70 MARKET.

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SENDING FRUIT TO MARKET.
rApsrtaass ef Proper ssasctisn ana Pack
Ing Of BFuit.
The trade wants well-crated. we'll
packed fruit, ~ free from blemishes
and worms az possible There ID one
thing I have observed. says w. J. saw
yer In Field and Farnl--much fruit IL
more or less bruised In the picking, due
to carelessness on the part Of the grow
ers. and It Injuries the value Of the fruit
considerably In regard to Its keeping
qualities. have seen Winesap apples
with from one to a dozen bruises upon
each apple, caused by picking the ap-
pies In a basket and pouring them into
piles. Winter apples must be handied
carefully-someone has said as care
fully as eggs. The manner Of picking
does not matter 30 long as the apples
are picked before they are too ripe and
are not bruised In the picking. Too
many apples put on the market are nj
lowed to ripen ON the trees. II we
wish an apple to keep, 1t must be
picked before 1t has reached Its ma
turity. This is especially true OF fall
apples.
WIG VI tAt OCSt dHPAS6 Put va 49,
market last year was the Utter's Red.
1t is a light-colored apple. which will
show bruises about as quickly as any
apple grown, but 1t came on the mar
ket In very good condition, and most
growers pick them soon enough. On
the contrary, there were some Btters
Red that could be crushed In the hand.
They were worthless. The dealers
want n firm apple. Peaches are sent
on the market In every condition and
kind OF packages. OF sizes varying from
four inches in depth, eleven inches
wide and nine inches long to 41ax6x6
One feature in regard to the packing
Of some OF the Delta and Montrose
growers last year was that they put a
nest Of unwrapped fruit in the center
Of the box. Others wrapped alternate
peaches only. This was n bad feature
and involved considerable trouble.
Where the peaches were well wrapped
and closely packed they kept in good
condition.
In packing peaches there are two
styles of filling used-the solid pack
and the California. The California be-
gins at one side of the box-the peaches
are laid and little space left between
the last peach and the edge Of the box.
and the next row begins on the side
where the space is and the peaches are
laid back SO that the second layer Of
peaches. instead Of one peach resting
on another, rests on two or three,
which is an advantage. The main OBJ
tectionable feature about this Is that 1t
Is loose packing. so that the peaches
may shove about. The solid pack con-
sists Of placing row In one end of the
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pyramid. continuing the pyramid I'M.
til the other end of the box Is reached.
| where II leaves a space. Key In and
make the top solid by the tfse Of two
peaches, and then turn the box around
and pack the top layer In the same
way. leaving the peaches perfectly SOL
Id. They do not. like the California
peaches. rest on two or three, but on
one. It'shows solid pack on the edge
OF the box. There Is slight difference
In the weight OF the boxes. the solid
pack being slightly heavier However.
there would be only a pound and n
half or two pounds difference.
The California pack will not always
come true md leave the space mt the
end unless the peaches nre graded nj.
most perfect In size. Another point II
not to have In any little peaches. Great
care should be taken that the peaches
should be uniform in the box II they
are OF different sizes they will not pack
well. There II one point In selling the
Mountain Rose. Oldmixon. etc. Pnrtic-
ular attention must be pnid to selling
them. They say In the market that
they are too small. but they are good
peaches and the demand for the Noun.
tain Rose continues until they are gone
In regard to the size Of the peach box,
the California size, 11Hx14x4 inches
has been adopted and IL In common
use. The original box used In Delta
county is u little bit smaller. The
smooth pine box IL preferred to the
qunkinR asp box. ! think. however. II
the quaking asp was cut green and Civ.
on n smooth surface II might he ail
right. but ns II is usually left with u
rough surface is nbsorbs the moisture
very quickly.