The Delta independent., 1899-08-25
Packing and Marketing Fruits.

(! 4 The trade wants well Grated. well
/ backed fruit. as free from blemishes or
worms as possible. There is one thing
j have observed-nuch fruit is more or
les bruised in the picking. due TO care
Iessness on the part CT the growers.
Ind it Injuries the value OF the fruit
considerably in regard TO IFS keeping
Qualities. ! have seea the Ninesap
3pr!es with from one 10 dozen bruises
ppon each apple. caused by picking the
spples in a basket aud pouring them
INTO piles. Winter apples must be
banded carefully-some one has said
carefully as eggs. The manner Of
| picking does not matter SO long as tie
I$prles are picked before they are too
Sipe and are no: bruised in the picking.
Zoo many apple put on the mar.e, are
allowed to ripen on the trees. IL We
wish an apple 10 keep, it must be picked
before it has reached its ml,urity. This
Especially true OF FALL apples.
One O; the best apples put on the
narket last year was the Utier's Red.
Ggh. -colored apple. which Will
show bruises sbor. ss quickly as any
apple grown. but il came on the marke;
in good condiiios. and most growers
pick them soon enough. On the contrary
there we're sorae Uiter's Red that could
| be crushed in tie hand. They were
worthless. The dealers want 4 firm
apple Peaches are sent on the market
I in every condition aud kind OF packages.
% varying from four inches in depth
/ eleven inches long and nine inches wide
I to Aisx5x6. One feature in regard to
I the packing ot some Of the Delta anil
{ Mon,rose growers last year was that
/ they put nest ol unUraHped fruit in
I the center OF the box. Others wrapped
/ alternate peaches oaly. This was bad
feature and involved considerable trou-
be. Where the peaches were well
wrapped and clsscly packed they kept
in coed condition.
I In packing peaches there are two
I styles OF filling usri-the solid pack and
I the California The California begins
/ at one side 90 the boN-lhc peaches are
laid and little space LETT h"twe-a the
las, peach aud the edge oI tho box, A. d
the next row begins ga the side where
back so that the second layer Of peaches
\ instead ot one peach resting oa another,
rrsfs on two or three, which Is an
advantage. The uaiu objectionable
I feature about this is that It s loose
packing. 20 that the peaehes may shove
about. The solid pack consists u rlac-
ing row in one end ut the box and then
piling The peaches up TO a pyram d
until the other cul OF the box isreacaci
where it leaves space Key in and
make the top solid by the use uf two
peaches. aud then turn The box around
and PACK the top layer in the same way,
leaviag the peaches perfectly solid.
They do cot. like the California peaches
res on two or three. but on o=e. II
shows n solid pack on the edge OF the
box. There is slight difference in the
weight ot the boxes. ihe solid psrcS
being slightly heavier. However. there
would be on!y about poun.i and bali
or two pounds diiTcrcace.
The Cahtoruia pack wall not always
come true aud leave the space at the
end unless the peaches arc graded almost
E~rfcci in size, Another Irint is not
to have in any small peaches. Grea;
care should be taken that the peaches
sse uniform in the box II they are ~
different sizes they will not pack well.
There 10 one point in selling the Noun
tain Rose. Old Nixon. etc. Particular
attention should be given TO selling
thoU. They say in the market that
they are too email, but they are good
vsaches aud the demand Tor the Noun
taia Rose continues until they are gone.
Il regard 10 the size sf the peach box,
the California size. litsvit,4 hches
las been atlente' sud -san g.sl1.. t.''
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