Journal of Agriculture. 



[8 Feb., 1908. 



Grades of apples are mostly dependent on the demand and the variety 

 of fruit. The English market prefers a good, clean, medium-sized fruit. 

 Abnormally large fruit is not desirable, especially as, in some varieties^ 



THE PACKING TABLE. 



the larger fruits are most likely to develop the disease known as Bitter 

 Pit. Some successful .shippers pack two sizes of fruit, others three. Such 

 larger apples as Esopus Spitzenberg^ Rome Beauty, and ^lunroe's 

 I avourite may be put up in three .sizes, viz. : — 3 inches, 2| inches, and 

 2\ inches. The smaller apples such as Jonathan, Pomme de Xiege, and 

 King of Pippins may go as low as 2\ inches. As for pears, none should 

 be sent under 2\ inches, except such smaller \arietie3 as LTnconnue or 

 Winter Xelis. 



PACKERS AT WORK. 



Diseased or unsound fruit ma\ not be exported, as it is contrary to the 

 law\ Therefore, throw out fruit showing traces of disease, damage, decay, 

 or deformitv. 



