THE MARKETING OF PRODUCE 299 



ment's Special Memo, on Fruit Culture.) 

 Apples and pears of non-keeping sorts should 

 be packed for market as soon as ready for 

 use, so as to be handled only once. All 

 other fruit should be gathered straight into 

 market packages and only handled once. 

 Pickers of soft fruits should sort out the 

 fruit as evenly as possible into different 

 grades as they go along. 



Section 2. Grading 



" Apples, whether packed in large or 

 small packages, cannot be too carefully 

 graded. The best apples should be graded 

 by passing them through rings, as follows :- 



BEST COOKING APPLES 



Above 3! inches will be classed A 



,, 2f ,, to 3 1 inches classed B 



oi 2 3 r; 



11 *t 11 11 *% 11 11 ^ 



Under 2^ ,, D 



