CENTRAL PACKING HOUSES FOR FRUIT 905 



price by the barrel for the packing, and assume the responsibility 

 for complying with the requirements of the New York Apple 

 Grading Law. They will place on the barrel the individual 

 farmer's brand, in addition to the markings required by the 

 Apple Grading Law. 



The third method, practicable in New York State, is one that 

 has resulted in the establishment of so many packing houses in 

 Canada and parts of the eastern United States ; namely, the for- 

 mation of cooperative associations among growers. These organi- 

 zations either erect or rent packing and storage space, employ their 

 own manager, pack under an association brand, and sell their fruit 

 through their manager, or through an affiliation of similar 

 organizations. 



In New York State, the use of central packing houses estab- 

 lished under any of these methods is certain to result in an im- 

 provement of the package over the orchard packed fruit, and will 

 be the first step that must be taken by growers if they are sucess- 

 fully to meet competition in the apple markets of the world and to 

 obtain prices that will enable them to grow fruit with profit. 



