Page 16 



BETTER FRUIT 



July, 1921 



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Standardization Improves 

 Berry Pack 



ASED upon reports from Inspector Bot- 

 tel, County Horticultural Commis- 

 sioner H. J. Ryan, of Los Angeles, has the 

 following to remark on the value of stand- 

 ardization as affecting the southern berry 

 pack : 



"The method employed this season of 

 preparing strawberries for market and ship- 

 ment unpacked or loose packed is meeting 

 with great favor by growers, shippers, deal- 

 ers, retailers, and consumers. It does away 

 with the incentive for deceptive packing 

 and at the same time permits of full com- 

 pliance with the fresh fruit and vegetable 

 standardization laws. 



"The grower is fully convinced that it is 

 to his interest to grade the berries, and the 

 consumer feels that he can now buy with a 

 fair assurance of getting a full box of good 

 fruit. The shippers are agreed that loose 

 packed berries carry to distant markets in 

 much better condition than when placed 

 compactly. The dealer and retailer can now 

 offer berries in three grades — No. 1 consist- 

 ing of mature, well-colored, well-picked 

 berries, uniform in size, of fine quality, 

 free from all defects and averaging about 

 one inch in diameter. The No. 2 berries are 

 of about the same quality as No. 1, except 

 that they will average about three-fourths 

 inch in diameter. No. 3 grade consists of 

 small berries of fair quality." 



Picking Raspberries 



RASPBERRIES should be picked just as 

 soon as they will come off the core 

 without crumbling in the picking. Place the 

 first two fingers and the thumb behind the 

 berry and gently pull it off without much 

 pressure. Do not hold many berries in the 

 hand at one time or they will be crushed 

 and be spoiled for shipping. Also do not 

 put over-ripe berries in the same box with 

 good, solid ones, or they will not ship well. 

 A soft berry soon molds and spoils the 

 whole crate. Fill the boxes full, but do 

 not round or heap up in the center or the 

 cover will crush them. Be careful not to 

 allow the sun to shirie on the berries any 

 more than po.-.sibIe after they are picked. 



The Value of Thinning 



(Continued from page 6) 

 and those of fifteen to twenty boxes ca- 

 pacity will require from one and one-hal f 

 to two hours each. In removing the fruit 

 the hand is much more rapid than thinning 

 shears and should be used with all varieties 

 excepting the very short stemmed ones and 

 those clinging very tenaciously to the spurs. 

 Of all orchard practices that tend to in- 

 crease the size and color of the fruit, thin- 

 ning is the only one under the complete 

 control of the grower. It is sure to increase 

 the value of the crop with the least drain 

 upon the tree. 



Gebhardt, Scudder & 

 Hendrickson 



Attorneys at Law 



610 Spplding Building, Portland, Oregon 

 Attorneys for Better Fruit Publishing Co. 



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