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among the apple growers. In Washington and Oregon 

 this is quite often done, and it has been found by ex- 

 periment that fruit that is entirely too small to be con- 

 sidered as a saleable product at the first picking would 

 in two weeks time be large enough to go into a first 

 grade. Where the growers are carrying on very in- 

 tensive orcharding the practice of successive pickings 

 should be recommended. The weather conditions some- 



Fig. 5. TYPES OF PICKING RECEPTACLES 

 a Pulp pail; 6 woven splint basket; c wide splint basket. 



times militate against doing this successfully, but many 

 times it will greatly increase the quality as well as the 

 quantity of the fruit harvested. 



Picking Receptacles. For the most part, orchardists 

 like best the ordinary splint basket to pick the fruit in. 

 There are a number of these picking baskets on the 

 market, and most of them are fairly satisfactory. One 

 holding about half a bushel is the best size. The handle 

 ought to be fastened on the 1 outside so as to swing clear 



