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Show placed in the boxes of any grade should be uniform in shape and each grade must have a size limit, below which none in the grade falls. Not more than 10 per cent of the first-grade apples ap-ples should vary from the standard type or size. Regular apple barrels, or bushel or half-bushel baskets for the local market, mar-ket, are most convenient for packing choice apples. The first few layers should be packed with the stems down and after each half-bushel is put. In, the barrel should be shaken to settle the fruit. The top .should be put on firmly to keep the apples in ph.'co. A screw or a lever pr:'.ss is best f, r putting on the top. After the barrel Is filled and the head nailed securely in place, it should be turned over and should have the variety, the grade, and the size of the smallest apple written on the other end. This end is to be opened 'is the top. CAREFUL SELECTION OF FRUIT PAYS WELL Time Used in Picking, Packing zr.d Grading Apples by Hand Is Well Spent. Though it is poor business to put large apples only in the top of the box, R. S. Mackintosh, horticultural specialist, Minnesota University farm, says that time used in picking, grading grad-ing and packing apples by hand is well spent. A uniform grading system, sys-tem, a good box and careful handling are requisites of high prices for fruit. All apples should be carefully picked by hand from the tree before they become be-come "hard ripe," Mr. Mackintosh says. Those which become "water-cored" "water-cored" must be picked especially early. Grades, particular attention being paid to the varieties of apples, should be carefully separated. All fruit |