Evening journal., 1911-10-28
observation-disclosures.
This Equation Is an Axiom, Especial,
to the Apple Producer

This Equation ls an Axiom, Especial,
to the Apple Producer
Success in apple culture, financial
speaking, says the report OF the We
mont agricultural experiment statioi
Is Just as dependent upon the INTEL.
gent and businesslike = posal of III
fruit as upon the cultural methods 10
lowed in its production. 1t is qui
possible to grow q good crop Of MI
fruit and yet through lack Of busine
ability or intelligence OF both to a.
to realize a reasonable profit fromyi
disposal. Success In the business en-
of fruit growing depends largely unt
the following factors: Picking q
fruit at the proper time and in a car
ful manner, proper grading and pac
ing. the use Of attractive packag
proper storage. adequate transport
/ ton facilities. placing the fruit on tt
market in It's season and when II
commanding q good price. VIII
there are no hard and fast rules GO
erning the picking Of apples. the 81
cessful orchardist strfvesito harvest b.
fruit when it has reached Its fun ST.
and has developed. in the case Of col
ored varieties, a normal, or, II possible
maximum. amount of color Apple.
should not hang until they have begui
to ripen II long keeping fruit is de
sired
The ability 80 70 grade and TO pat
apples that when they re-orered T.
sale they present an attractive appea
ance because OF uniformity and min
mum amount Of injury from transpor
tatlon is a valuable asset TO the Or
chardist. This one item determirc
largely the success or failure OF ii
grower to realize the best market priO
for his product. In order TO presei
this attractive appearance the apple
, must be Of a nearly uniform size an
color and present few surface deface
ments. In packing either barrel o
box the package should be carefully
= faced with fruit which should as near
D ly as possible represent It's averag
:. contents Facers. however. may b
:. somewhat higher colored than the ave
age without seriously misrepresentin
the contents Of the package. Barr
packages are either single OF douhl
faced. usually the latter. In facing
2 package the stem end is placed dow
4 ward. BY judicious selection Of face
r the packer can usually manage
j. have a we'll filed layer. Large Int
J. stices or irregular arrangement Of Il
fruit in the facer rows detracts mat
rally from the finished appearance {
the package. Likewise high colort
a fruit should not be mixed with med
= um OF low colored fruit In the fac
row. Uniformity In size, arrangemer
~ color and freedom from blemishes a
four points TO be kept in mind.
The observance Of these detail
alone does not. however. insure an q
Z. tractive package when opened. A
AZ other necessary precaution is that u
!. package shall be sufficiently well fill
N so that when headed It win be ju
a. frm enough TO hold the fruit In pla
and not so tight as to bruise a co
siderable proportion Of It. A clea
bright barrel should be used. IN whi
plain or corrugated paper G.
"A should be placed to lessen the brush
50 and add to the attractiveness. Of
- package The bottom being faced, t
" barrel should be half filled with frl
poured in carefully by lowering {
/. basket well into the barrel and Civ
III a thorough shaking to settle the
1a pies into place. This operation shol
he be repeated when the barrel is nea
ad full It Is then filed trihe abe
the chimes, the top layer being
ranged as uniformly as possible.
contents Of the barrel are then pre-
d. ed into place with a well padded he
lr- specially prepared for this purpo
81 When this false head is removed
plain or preferably corrugated pa
cap is added and the top cover pre-
ed into place with a screw or le
yes barrel header and nailed firmly 4
NJ NJ place. Tough twies may be used
- cleating
When barrels are filed too full
|. pressing may injure all the app
,as When filed too light to provide
The shrinkage during shipment the apI
he present an even sorrier appearance