THE IMPORTANCE OF GRADING. 



skin pale green changing to yellowish 

 green, with dull red on sunny side which 

 becomes bright crimson at maturity, 

 somewhat resembling the coloring of the 

 well-known Louise ; stalk, stout and 

 fleshy, obliquely inserted without cavity ; 

 calyx, large, half open, in shallow basin. 

 Flesh — Creamy white, fine, tender, 

 juicy, with very agreeable flavor; good 

 to very good. 



&flj-^«— August 2oth, to September 

 ist, (1897). 



Quality — Good for dessert and cook- 

 ing. 



Value — Qtoo^ for home market. 



Adaptation — Counted perfectly hardy 

 in Grey, Simcoe, Bruce, Huron, nearly 

 hardy in South, and tender in North 

 Ontario County. 



THE IMPORTANCE OF GRADINCx. 



ANY growers seem to think 

 that grading does not pay for 

 the time and trouble incurred, 

 and that it pays better to face up the 

 packages, and hide the rubbish among 

 the better grade. The mistake made by 

 this method is well shown by the follow- 

 ing from the Rural New Yorker : 



A fruit grower sent a lot of 12 barrels 



of apples to market, good, bad and 



worse, all mixed together. They sold 

 for $1.50 per barrel, although there was 

 a fair proportion of good ones among 

 them. Here is about the way the ac- 

 count would stand : 



RECEIPTS. 



12 barrels of apples at $1 50 |18 00 



COST OF MARKETIN(!. 



12 barrels at 25c $3 00 



Freights at 10c. per bbl 1 20 



Cartage at 5c. per bbl 60 



Commission at 10c. per bbl.. 1 20 



6 00 



Total net receipts $12 00 



Net price per barrel 1 00 



Had one-half of the best of these apples 

 been sorted out, and carefully packed in 

 attractive shape, they would have sold 

 much more quickly at double the price 

 per barrel for which the whole of them 



sold. Then the account would have 

 stood as follows : 



RECEIPTS. 



6 barrels of apples at $3 per bbl, $18 00 



COST OF MARKETING. 



6 barrels at 25 cents $1 50 



Freight at 10 cents per bbl. 60 



Cartage at 5 cents per bbl . . 30 



Commission at 10c. per bbl. 60 



3 00 



Total net receipts $15 00 



Net prices per barrel 2 60 



It is plain that, when the apples were 

 properly assorted and only the six bar- 

 rels of choice ones were sent, the net 

 receipts were $3 more than in the other 

 case. Which shipment gave the most 

 profit to the shipper ? These figures do 

 not take into account the six barrels of 

 inferior apples that were left at home, 

 which were worth something. Another 

 feature of this matter is the effect on the 

 market. The shipment of these ill- 

 assorted, under quality products, is the 

 greatest factor in the so called glutted 

 markets which are a bug-bear to commis- 

 sion men and producer alike. The above 

 case is not a fancy sketch, but is dupli- 

 cated in different products and in vari- 

 ous degrees every day in our great 

 markets. 



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