| Show HOW TO H HANDLE ANDLE FRUIT care must be exercised in picking and packing apples apple apples are very easily brul bruised sed thereby Pies presenting enting unattractive APPO appearance Arance alway always watch market markets in delling rt 1 few people realize the importance of handling apples with cp care re while pick arf packing and marketing apple apples are bruised very easily and especially thoe thore varieties having a tender flesh ir I r kin bruises mean not ony only an unattractive appearance but a real waste of fruit by having to cut out tho the bruised tissue probably the greatest damage from bruises however results result from the fact that the bruises furnish an tin entrance tor for fungus or rot spores those these sperds or fuggis seeds are as fine na dust and float in the air if it they happen to lodge on a bruised or broken spot on the apple they take root and grow and spread through the apple causing it to rot wrapping or covering the apple may not always protect it aa as the spores may have lodged on the apple before it was as picked however wever if the skin and flesh of the apple can be kept intact and not bruised or broken there Is to not much danger of the fungus or rot find ing its way into the apple to prevent bruising apples should not be dropped or thrown into a bucket box or barrel and in pouring from one vessel to another care should bo be taken that the apples are aa as cloae close aa as possible to the bottom of the vessel in which you are placing them before the pouring begins it a pall Is used to pick in it should be small enough to lower into the boxes and even then holding hack back the apples with the hands Is a good idea aa as it breaks the tall fall and lessens the bruising no apple which falls from the tree should be al allowed lovied jo 40 go 90 into the first grade apples first class fruit in first class shape will probably develop an inquiry for more of the same kind there Is almost as much in the selling of apples as in the growing K and useful packing stand watch the markets and always have your fruit ready to sell when the prices are most favorable it Is folly to spend years in bringing up a good orchard and then allow the tile buyers to como come in and take them at their own price of course it pays well to raise fancy apples if it all the details of packing and selli selling niL are attended to but it must bo be remembered that the bulk of the fruit consumed Is of the standard utan dard variety ben hen apples are shipped from the orchard in bulk tho the packer makes a very nice profit in sorting and packing in clean boxes or barrels a thing tile grower should do himself |
