STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. II9 



have a barrel of No. i fancy apples packed by some one 

 •unskilled, with a hammer and nails in hand and a barrel header. 

 He commences to press or screw them down which jams them — 

 that would be a good way to make cider, but it is a poor way to 

 pack apples. Apples should be packed so that when they arrive 

 at their destination they will be sound. The better order the 

 fruit is in when offered for sale, the larger quantity will be con- 

 sumed. Who wants to buy bruised or decayed fruit? All this 

 is detrimental to the grower, especially when caused by packing. 

 Honest packing and knowing how are what pay the grower. By 

 'Organization you can accomplish the end, but an individual can- 

 not get the price that an association can by its expert packers, 

 and that is what pays the growers. An individual will use a 

 barrel to get them off his hands, while an organization would 

 use a box with their expert workmen. If we want to have 

 standard or uniform packages, we must have local associations. 



What we want to do is to organize in the several localities, 

 and then we can bring about the desired results. The box will 

 ■come into general use when co-operative principles are adopted. 

 Now perhaps it does not make so much difference about the 

 shape or form of the box or package. The shape may be like 

 ■'this box or that one, but it is the results of the system that we 

 want. 



What would be the outcome if the exhibitors who bring fruit 

 here should put it into a barrel, round the barrel up at the top, 

 then take a barrel header and press the apples down? What 

 would be the decision of the committee on fruit, beside the other 

 exhibitors ? The same view is taken by the consumer when such 

 apples are placed before him for sale, and the grower is the loser. 



My first desire in purchasing fruit is to have it perfect and 

 ■sound, whether it be bananas, oranges, peaches or apples. 

 Quality is second thought. What is quality with a half-decayed 

 peach or apple ? Now it is up to the Society to help bring about 

 this end. This is a real matter to decide. The President has 

 told you what Oregon apples sell for in boxes, last evening in 

 his paper, ]\Ir. Pope can tell you what he gets in boxes, for 

 apples in the Boston market. 



Mr. Pope. My experience in packing has only been for a few 

 years — a short time, but I must acknowledge that from the 



