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Show CARE IN MARKETING FRUITS If Plums and Apples Reach Market in Bruised or Dirty Condition They Bring Small Prices. (Ry W. G. BRIERLY, Minnesota Experiment Experi-ment Station.) Only a little extra time and skill are required to market plums and apples properly. If they reach the market poorly graded and bruised or in dirty, broken packages, they cannot command com-mand good prices. Every farm paper advertises the clean, neat packages necessary to show fruits advantageously. advanta-geously. Pick with care. Don't wait for plums to soften or apples to become mealy. They should be well colored and large, but still firm. A soft plum will not stay up in the market and neither will the price. Fall apples may be picked when full size is reached without regard to color, or the color may be allowed to develop if desired, but the fruit must not be allowed to soften or drop if it is to be handled profitably. Discard all bruised, stung or misshapen mis-shapen plums and grade as No. 1 those of good color, and as No. 2 those inferior in-ferior in coloring. Sort according to size, so that every package is uniform throughout in size of plums which it contains. The same suggestions apply to apples, especial care being taken to discard those that are wormy, scabby, bruises;, or stung. Uniformity in color and size of fruit and size of package, combined with neatness and cleanliness cleanli-ness of package, will add greatly to the market price of the fruit. |