I40 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



NoiW you take that package there (Speaker refers to a 

 package on the stage). We take pains in packing, so that 

 the bulge is supposed to be on the top or bottom, and not 

 on the side. That is where that comes here. 



A Member: What proportion of your apples are mar- 

 keted soon after packing? 



Mr. Castner : We start to ship just as soon as we 

 commence to pack. We start to pack right away, and get 

 them into the New York market as quickly as w^e can, and 

 into cold storage. It does not do to keep them in a warm 

 place. 



A Member : In shipping these apples you pack them 

 on the side? 



Mr. Castner : That shows just how it is done. Yes 

 sir, everything on the side like that. 



A Member: You do any summer pruning? 



Mr. Castner: We are doing now exclusively summer 

 pruning. We have given up the idea of this heavy winter 

 butchery. Now we do some pruning along the later part 

 of July, and the first of August. We came to the conclusion 

 that you don't get apples from young wood. The main ob- 

 ject of summer pruning is that it does away with the woody 

 grow^th and makes fruit growth. That is the principal ob- 

 ject. I took ofif about half of this year's growth. 



Question : Do you thin in the same way. 



Mr. Castner: Well, I don't know as I know what 

 you are driving at. We thin the head in some. In thinning 

 we go to the main body of the tree. 



A Member : Will you tell us exactly how the people 

 out there handle the fruit from the time it is ripe, that is, 

 fruit like the Macintosh, from the time it is picked until it 

 is put in the car? 



Mr. Castner : Well, as I said before, in picking and 

 packing fruit one of the principal objects to avoid is a re- 

 petition of handling. Of course, it has got to be handled at 

 the time it is picked and then again when it is sorted and 

 packed. If I was handling the Macintosh I should avoid 



