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The cost of the boxing is more than barreling. The cost of 

 putting the apples in the box is more than placing them in 

 barrels, because your apples have to be sized to place them in 

 boxes ; it requires more skill to pack a box than a barrel and costs 

 more money. I have never had any call for boxes. If I used 

 them I should put something on the top and bottom of the boxes 

 to protect the fruit. As you reduce the size of package you 

 necessarily have to increase the quality of your fruit. 



Member : Does it pay to wrap apples in tissue paper ? 



A. I don't think it would pay. The middle partition in a 

 box is a great help ; without it the box is not stiff enough to hold 

 the apples from bruising. But if you want to pack your apples 

 in fine shape, pack them in layers, and between each layer place 

 a cushion ; in that way apples will ship without having a single 

 one bruised ; it is the extra work that gives you the extra money. 

 The above applies to boxes. When I barrel my apples, I put one 

 layer stems down then the rest are put in without facing; some 

 double face, put two layers. I don't. Have a plank floor on 

 which to rest the barrel ; when the barrel is full I use a false 

 head and put it on the top of the barrel ; perhaps the apples stand 

 an inch above the chime, by chucking you will get them to settle. 

 In that way you can press them without bruising, and they are 

 in a good deal more solidly than if you put the pressure on all at 

 once, — I mean by using the false head. 



A bushel box will, in my opinion, be supplied by the retailer, 

 if he wishes to supply the trade with smaller packages ; he can 

 give to the customer a much lighter package than the grower 

 can, because the grower cannot put his apples in a much smaller 

 package than a bushel box, and that box must be heavy enough 

 to stand shipping. 



Mr. Vaughan : You have spoken of placing your No. i 

 apples in the city for storage. How much does it cost you ? 



A. At Springfield, 40 cents a season; in Boston for small 

 lots, 60 to 65 cents. 



That is more than it would cost you to store at your own 

 plant? 



A. Oh, yes, — but in the spring when I want my apples on 

 the market on short notice the roads are in bad condition and it 

 is quite impossible to get them to shipping points. Then too in 

 the city the temperature is kept exact. In my house I can keep 

 it, after freezing nights come, so it don't vary more than 2 or 

 3° all winter and that is about as close as they keep it. 



