The Springdale news., 1913-09-19
PACKING APPLES
in Barrels.

with the improvement in quality, is helping mater ally ill building up profitable sales This may seem trite, and it is to some, but to oth-. CTS t is not Indeed, if one may judge by the fruit packages that are still shipped to the New Yo.k m9fket,, not everybody has learned the profitable art or proper pack ing.
 Il VII probably be remembered by those who have followed tie im- proFemeHt in shipping methods that il isn't 70 very long ago ap- ples were knocked from the trees with long po.es, allowed to bound rom limb to limb and thence 10 the ground. which rendered them more or less bruised, some times crushed wholly out of shape. To b. sure some attempt was made 10 sort them af'eeWard. and if they We're too badly bruised they were thrown oat. if no, they wefe put in the barrel No effort was II ade to pack them, and no effort was made 10 sefe them from bruising How many apples could b. sold like that today?
 Nr - Kelly, of New York. m mbef Of ore of the largest fe= eiviHg firms iH the city. when talking of apple shipping sa5d: Apples can De successfully aAked in barrels, but they must be pack ei, hot poured in. to bring the highest rriee in this market, they must De graded for color and fof sig, and sometimes D rhaps Tor shape. though that is really inelad- cd n size
 Nc eon 2dn't zell a barrel ef nix ed apples. red and sr, eu Ne nave some customers who would not bay a barrel with two shades of rcd \ yellow and a green variety would Het tA aae pted Customer te= cone =nefe sxaettng eash-Heaf= Wa WoaIl have passed a few years ago would not De a=eeP'ed now by buyers who want the best and are wiling 10 pay for it.
 Ny message 70 the growers and slippers $ 10 first use extreme care in picking See that your fruit is not bruised If it is light=skinned apple, the bruise will show long before it gets to tie distributor, and he must fe-sort the contents of the barrels and throw out all those which show signs of bruises Tie desirable GUS toners will not take tht m, and they must go into the seconds to be sold for an inf4rior pri Q
 Next. paek with care Place white naper the bottom Of your barrels, then lay your apples st n end ID smoothly and evenly az- sorted according 10 size and color. Buili them up carefully so that he top layer will appear smooth a1d even Lay paper on that and put Hn your head carefully so the top lay CT will be crushed as little as pos sible They Will rush some, if tie barrels are filed evenly. but Vi eaee yoa ean prevent serious Ea. jury
 AHhy sp ak of all this2 Hefele b aa@e aot more than o0e-f all 6f  th. apples received in this maeket afa properly packed A great many shippers are still careless. Either they do aof appreciate the signifi- eaaee of care in this respect or are Of the type that profess 10 be lieYe We city felolws are too fussY And they endoayor 10 show ns that We cant dictate to them. So they go on ignoring our plain dfresz tions, and then they pay for their wiIfuIHess or car 4lessness in redut- cd prices The next We know there is complaint that commission men are taking their profits.
 Would you believe that applss come to us in flour barrels with out aYaH sweeping out the fIonr2 We had some come last season In phosphate barrels. and In some in- sfaaees much of the original con tents =tiA elnns 10 the barrel
 Again. nais driven through the head project into the barrsl. and the aoples are cut or pierced. This may seem absurd yet thy actual Y take pIaee, and because they do, the pziee is reduced and the shipp= CT wonders what the reason is he doesn't get as much for His ffai. a others
 If he grower who sbi4s In box os has any advantage. it is be ause ha exercises more care in his sort ing and packing A box of apples displayed in the market attracts the CT the buyer because | looks well The fruit is no bet