460 



Jonruul i>l AyricuHitrc, \'ictori(i. \ 11 Ani., 1!>19. 



Sleepiness is not essentially a cool storage complaiut; it sometimes 

 affects fruit on the trees as well as tiiat stored in tlie ordinary way. 

 Large apples, especially Jonathan, are most subject to it, and particu- 

 larly when heavy rains follow a dry spell, a week or two before the 

 friiit matures on the trees. There is now ample evidence to show that 

 large Jonathans grown under these conditions will not keep satisfac- 

 torily in cool storage. ' Such large apples should be marketed when 

 ripe or disposed of previously for culinaiv use. 



Plate 203. — Sections of Jonathan Apples showing the effects of sleepiness. 



Grading, Packing, and Marking the Fruit for Market. 



Jn dealing with the difTerent phase.s of apple culture in sequence we 

 now come to the grading, packing and marking of the fruit for market. 

 The ultimate commercial success of the orchards depends to a great 

 extent on the thorotighness with which these concluding details of the 

 sequence are accomplished. 



The most satisfactory results in marketing are obtained when the 

 fruit is carefully graded according to size, colour and quality, put up 

 in attractive packages and branded with grade marks. The lack of 

 regularity in these respects was very noticeable, and with a view to 

 improvement by securing uniformity the Frii.it Act 1917, No. 2917, was 

 passed by Parliament. 



