GATHERING THE APPLE CROP. IQI 



GATHERING THE APPLE CROP. 



EMIL SAHLER^ WASECA. 



In the first place the apples should be hand picked and great care 

 given so that the apples will not get bruised, as a bruised apple is 

 a poor market apple and will never bring the best price. Apples 

 should all be sorted so as to get them all one size in a barrel or 

 basket and as much as possible one color, as such apples will bring 

 best price, and we will always find ready market for same. 



The second and third grades should all be sorted the same way, 

 so as to get each grade by itself, such as scabby, green, red and 

 bruised ones. 



We should sort and pack our fruit in such a way as to please our 

 customers, so they will remember us, and if they once buy from us 

 they always will if 'the fruit is brought to them in first class condi- 

 tion. This has been my experience in selling fruit, as I always have 

 orders to fill long before the fruit is ripe. 



We should always use good, clean barrels or boxes, as it enables 

 us to dispose of our fruit very readily for the best price. 



I sort my apples as they are picked, and for that reason I have 

 invented this sorting pail, which I find to be the only thing that 

 will do the work handily. Now in picking the apples I have three 

 barrels on the wagon ; the sorting pail has three pockets and each 

 pocket has a bottom for itself hung on hinges and a lever on the side 

 of each pocket, so that I can relieve each pocket by itself. One part 

 is for first grade apples, another for the second grade and the third 

 one is for the third grade, and that is about all the grades that a 

 fruit tree will have. 



The pail can be made in two parts or in one 

 part as well. By letting out of the bottom of the 

 pail in place of pouring them out they will not 

 drop to the bottom of the barrel and get bruisec^. 

 The apples do not have to drop at all when re- 

 leasing the bottom of the part desired to leave in 

 the barrel or box; the other parts do not open 

 until released by lever. 



In this way we save lots of time picking the 

 fruit off the trees, so as to get the apple when we want it. After 

 the apple barrel is filled and nailed up I mark on the outside 

 number one for first grade, number two for second grade and 

 number three for third grade, and so on, and in this way we can 

 tell what grade of apples each barrel contains, so no mistake is 

 made. And the name of the variety of the apples should be on 



