Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-01-06
Loss IN PRE?AA Bin G APPLES.
Quite a Considerable Amount is Lost
BY lmproberIy Picking and
Packing the Crop.
3 51RY s a pI1cuYNrr,f',

p1cklng into baskets. These baskets
should be about half bushel round
baskets with drop handles.
The baskets should be smooth On the
ms Is, free from strips.
around the inside or bottom. They
should be lined with burlap to, pre-.
vent bruising, and a short iron hook
should be attached to the handle to
suspend the basket from the limbs, so
as to enable the picker to use both
hands. pa
The great advantage in using the
basket / find lies largely In the fact
that il the apples are carefully placed
In the same they are not bruised.
The worst objections have to the.
! baskets are that they are not SO handy
90 the sack and that sOmatimes care
/ less spickers are disposed to toss ap-
pies INTO chem as they SET upon the
ground or hang upon d limb q few!
feet
NY experience il. that apples packed
from the table and Immediately placed
in cold storage Cif they are to be put
into cold storage) will give by far the
better results:
| This method adds two to four
months to the keeping qualities Of the
fruit.
You cannot AFFORD 70 let your fruit.
lie under the trees Or ii q building
for two or three weeks before you
barrel.
Every days delay IN packing and
shipping win lose you money and quail.
<ity in your fruit, and II you are not
the loser the party Who buys 1t is. 49,
Fruit grown in q warm latitude or
harvested during q warm September
sor October must be quickly handled
But when properly handled It picking
time. as 4 have suggested. there will
not be much room Tor complaint.
"a good barrel Is essential IL you
wish 10 store your fruit, have IT keep
well and sell well. We suffer from
lack of good cooperage
"a tight barrel u the best. and the
better It is made the better resulto
you will have There Will Be less loss
from shrinkage OF fruit, from rats and
mice and. other causes. 81
rs IN my orchard i have eight pickers
and six sorters and barrelers IN each
gang. "A. good. strong table, construct
Ied OF light, strong material, lis pro
vided.
This table is set in the center Of 16
trees; sometimes, II the fruit IS
scarce and the trees are very small;
the table: is; set In the center OF "a
or SO trees.
Four or six rows are carried forward
at once and the table Is moved along
1.-The center rows and set il the middle
OF the square at each move.
usually have one man that nails
the hoops, the head liners. and takes
out the heads Of barrels. as It prevents
loss In shipping and ifacif ities In the
examinations and inspection Of fruit IN
storage. Il ssl
IfIyou have GOOD fruit and Il u worth
money IN the market to warrant
you in 80 doing, you should make two
grades; one ! strictly NO or fancy
grade and another which VIII take
fruit that 80 slightly detective but
GOOD for simmedi late use. commonly
| termed Mo- 3 in the market .fsss;
Usually IT will m 81 % well OF better
to sell this No 8 fruit. to- the evaro.
rator or the cider mil instead a put
ting It Ia expensive barrels, and e
this add the cost Of freight and COM
missions. getting no more and perhaps
not as much 90 you would have rea-
flized In bulk. EssE