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BETTER FRUIT 



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Northwest Grading Rules 



Continued from page 16 

 all the way through the box. Boxes 

 should be uiarked according to the 

 number of rows across the end, as in 

 nine row, ten row and eleven row. 

 In making the box, top should be nailed 

 on and cleated, bottom left off; box 

 should be placed before packer with 

 open bottom up. Carefully pack the 

 bottom tier, which will be the top 

 when pack is completed. In packing 

 the first tier care should be taken by 

 the packer to place the rounding side 

 of the cherry next to the board. Use 

 only the square pack, never a broken 

 one. Both ends of box should be 

 packed alike. Allow no stems to stick 

 out cf the corners, which will be the 

 top of the box to the packer. See that 

 the corners are well filled. After the 

 box is nailed up there should be no 

 stems showing. Edges of box where 

 cherries are exposed should present a 

 neat appearance. Nailers should be 

 very careful when lidding up not to cut 

 or mash any of the fruit; all such cher- 

 ries should be removed and replaced 

 with good fruit. 



20-lb. or 25-lb. Boxes. — Follow same 

 instructions when packing either 2fl-lb. 

 or 25-lb. boxes as those given for 10-lb. 

 boxes. 



Lug Boxes. — We also recommend the 

 use of a lug box with a center partition 

 for cherries to be shipped to market, 

 not exceeding over 200 miles from 

 point of shipment. These cherries are 

 placed loose in the box with no facing. 



The dimensions of box are as fol- 

 lows: Sides, 18x5% inches; ends, 

 14x5% inches; tops and bottoms, 18x7 

 inches. The box to contain thirty 

 pounds net weight of cherries. 



Strawberry Crates. — It is recom- 

 mended that for all cherries that are 

 packed in strawberry crates use the 



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pint hallock, packed 24 to the crate. 

 \^'here strawberry crates of 24-hallock 

 carriers are used for packing cherries, 

 hallocks should be well Tdled, shaken 

 down and topped or faced so they will 

 be rounding full. There should be no 

 stems showing. LTse square pack. 



BERRIES 



Of all Northern fruit, berries are the 

 most delicate and highly perishable. 

 Don't try to market them fresh unless 

 you have concluded to exercise extreme 

 care in every detail in preparing the 

 fruit for market. For strawberries use 

 deep standard pint cups, 24 in a crate. 

 Use only dry crates and cups. For 

 other berries use shallow standard 

 pint cups, 24 in a crate where possible. 

 Deep pints will answer, but there is 

 more danger of loss from bad condition 

 on arrival if deep cups are used. 



As the fruit is packed to eat, the ap- 

 pearance of the package is important. 

 Keep your crates clean and bright. 

 When handling the crate after being 

 filled, set them down gently; don't 

 drop them and don't allow your help 

 to drop them. After packing deliver 

 berries promptly on wagons with easy 

 springs. 



Get the fruit under refrigeration at 

 the earliest possible moment after 

 picking. Pre-cool the cars as soon as 

 possible after loading if a pre-cooling 

 plant is available, otherwise use from 

 50 to 100 pounds of stock salt on the 

 ice in each end of the cars after load- 

 ing. Leave the vents open for first 100 

 miles when possible. Don't cool ber- 

 ries in a refrigerator or cold-storage 

 room and then expose them to a warm 

 temperature even for a short time, as 

 the berries will "sweat" and mold. 

 \^Tlen you do cool them off keep the 

 temperature uniform. It is best to cool 

 them gradually in a cool, natural tem- 

 perature in pure air. 



Pick often enough to prevent berries 

 from getting overripe. Daily picking, 

 in favorable ripening weather, is the 

 only safe rule. 



STRAWBERRIES 



Extra Fancy. — This grade shall con- 

 sist of all perfect berries, Clark's Seed- 

 ling variety, picked at the proper stage 

 of ripening for shipping. All berries 

 must show at least three-fourths red. 

 Nothing smaller than SVaxS'^ (mean- 

 ing berries not less than three-quarters 

 of an inch in diameter) and no stem- 

 less berries in this grade. Pack each 

 cup firmly, without bruising the fruit, 

 so that there will be no settling of tlie 

 berries. Face the top of the box willi 

 berries 10 (4x4) or 20 (4y2x5) or 25 

 (5x5). Fill the cups so that the top 

 layer will show three-eighths of an 

 inch above the top of the cup. 



Picking. — Berries must not be picked 

 while there is moisture on the vines. 

 Berries must be picked riper in cool 

 weather than in w^arm. Picker-s nnisl 

 not be allowed to hold several beriies 

 in the hand at the same time. Pick all 

 berries wilh stems a (piarter of an inch 

 long. Berries pulled olf the stem decay 

 very quickly. Do not pick green her- 



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ries; this is reckless waste. Do not 

 step nor kneel on the vines or green 

 berries. 



Packint;. — Study carefull,\- specilica- 

 lious. Do not allow filled carriei's to 

 slam! in the sun or wind; the wind is 

 more damajiinij than llie sun. The 

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