Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-08-24
FARMING MATTERS.
SENDING FRUIT TO MARKET.
Importance Of Proper selection aud Pack.
Ing of Fruit.

Importance Of Proper selection aud Pack
Ing OF Fruit.
The trade wants well.crated, we'll
packed fruit. MS free from blcmishes
and worms as possible. There Is one
Thing have observed, says w. j. Saw
yer In Field and Farm-much fruit Is
more or less bruised In the picking. due
to cnrclcssncss on the part OF the grow
ers. and II Injuries the value of the fruit
considerably In regard to Its keeping
qualities. have seen Winesap apples
with from one to u dozen bruises upon
each apple. caused by picking the ap-
pies In basket and pouring them into
piles. Winter apples must be handled
carcfully-somcone hns said as care
fully as eggs. The manner OF picking
does no, matter so long Ms the apples
are picked before they are too ripe and
are not bruised In the picking. Too
many apples put ON the market are al
lowed 10 ripen on the trees lf We
wish an apple 10 keep. II must bc
picked before II has reached It's ma
turity. This Is especially true Of fall
apples.
One OF the hest apples put on the
market last year WIS the uttcr's Red.
II is u light.color.,i apple. which Will
show bruises about M quickly as any
appl. grown. hut IL came ON the mar
kct In very good condition, AMI most
growers pick them soon enough. On
the contrary. there We're some uttcr's
lied that could In crushed In the hand
They Were worthless. The dealers
want 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 t,..S5x,i.
One featur" In regard TO the packing
OF some Of the Delta and Montrose
growers last year WIS that they put n
nest OF unwrsppcd fruit In the center
Of the box. Others wrapped alternate
peaches only. This WIS u had feature
nnd Involved consi,icrabi. trouble.
Where the peaches were well wrapped
and closely packed they kept In good
condition.
In packing peaches ih.rc nrc two
styles Of illins uscd-ih- solid mack
nnd the California. The California bc-
gins nj one side of the bnS-thc peaches
nrr laid nni u little space left between
III" last peach ani the edge Of ,i,. box,
nhd the next row begins ON the side
whcrr the space l. ani III. peaches are
laid back 81 that the second layer Of
peaches. Instead OF "nc peach resting
"" fFNNS TWO tItte.
which II an advantage. Th. main oil.
j.ciinnnbi. feature about this I. that 1,
i loos" packing. ~ that the r-nch..
may shor" about. Th. solid pack con.
sisis OF placing rnw In one -ni Of III.
box aud then pilinc the peaches up To
u pyramid. continuing tile pyrumli un.
W the other cnI ~ the lax l. reached.
where u leaves n spnr-. Key In and
max" the top solid by the its. Of two
peaches. ani then turn the ipox around
nnd pncs the top layer In the sam.
way: having the peaches perfectly sol.
H. They u" nni. like the California
Peaches. rest on two or three. hut on
one: IL shows solid pack ou the c.ig.
n' the box. There l. n slight difference
IN the weight nf III" hoScs. til. solid
pack being slightly heavier. However,
there would h only pound nnL a
half or NV" pounds difference.
The California pack win not nlwuys
come true nni leave tile space 20, the
end unicss the peaches arr graded nt.
hl"st perfect IN size. Another point IL
not I" hav" In ANY little l,cnrli--. Grrni
ear" should i- taken that the Peaches
>h"iiii hr uniform In tile tp1N If they
Hr" of different sizes they will not nncl
wei. Th"r' u unr point tn selling I'll,
Mountain Rose. Diimixnn. -ir. rnr,I,.
n'hr niirntioh must br pHid io selling
ihcm. They say In III" market that
thrr nr" too small. hut they nrc good
beaches nnd III" demand FOR ,ic Noun.
,nih Rose continue. INT u they nr" gone.
IN r".nr'i I" the slzr ~ the peach box,
ilc california slzc. iiisxiiNi inches
lin~ i-"u adopted nni l. In cnrinou
use. The Original l,nX uSri in Delta
county i u It'll" hit smaller. The
smooth rin" inS is preferred io the
rnhking nsr h"N. ! think. however. tr
~" ruHting asp was Crt green AMI civ.
~ "a smooth surface 1t might IL, all
right. hut as II Il usually lot with n
rough surface Is ni'sorlIs the moisture
very quickly.