The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-03

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proper storage, adequate transporta-
ton facilities, placing the fruit on the
market in it's season and when it is
commanding n good price. While
there are no hard and fast rules gov
erning the picking Of apples. the sue
cessful orchards. strives to harvest his
fruit when it has reached its full size
and has developed, in the case Of col
ored varieties, a normal. or, il possible,
q maximum, amount Of color. Apples
should not hang until they have begun
to ripen if q long keeping fruit is de-
sired.
The ability so to grade and to pack
apples that when they are offered for
sale they present IN attractive appear
ance because Of uniformity and mini
mum amount Of injury from transpor-
tation is a valuable asset to the or
chardist. This one item determines
largely the success or failure of the
grower to realize the best market price
for his product. In order to present
this attractive appearance the apples
must be of n nearly uniform size and
color and present few surface deface-
ments. In packing either a barrel or
box the package should be carefully
faced with fruit which should as near
" as possible represent its average
contents. Facers, however, may be
somewhat higher colored than the aver
age without seriously disappearing
the contents Of the package. . Barrel
packages are either single or double
| faced, usually the latter. In facing Il
package the stem end is placed down
ward. By judicious selection Of facers
the packer can usually manage to
have a we'll filled layer. Large inter-
atices or irregular arrangement Of the
fruit in the facer rows d~etracts nate
rally from the finished appearance OF
the package. Likewise high colored
fruit should not be mixed with medi-
um or low colored fruit in the facer
row. Uniformity in size, arrangement,
color and freedom from blemishes are
four points to be kept in mind.
The observance of these details
alone does not. however, insure NJ at
tractive package when opened. An
other necessary precaution is that the
package shall be sufficiently well filled
30 that when headed 1t will he Just
firm enough to hold tile fruit in place
and not so tight as to bruise a CON
siderable proportion Of it. A clean.
bright barrel should be used. in which
q plain or corrugated paper cap
should've placed to lessen the bruising
and add to the atti'activeness Of the
package. The bottom being faced. the
barrel should be half filed with fruit
poured in carefully by lowering the
basket well into the barrel and given
Z thorough shaking to settle the APP
pies into place. This operation should
be repeated when the barrel ~ NEARLY
full It is then filed q trifle above
the chimes, the top layer being ar
ranged an Uniformly as possible. The
contents Of the barrel are then press
"a into place with a well padded head
specially prepared for this purpose.
when this false head IL removed a
plain or preferably corrugated paper
cap 10 added and the top cover press
"a into place with q screw or lever
barrel header and nailed firmly into
place Tough twigs mny be used for
cheating.
When barrah are filed too full the
pressing may injure all the apples.
When 6lled too. light. to provide for
shrinkage during shipment the apples
Dresept an 81 sorrier appearances.
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