CONTENTS 



Chapter I 



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FRUIT HARVESTING OPERATIONS 1 



Picking operations Time to pick various fruits 

 Stems on or off Succession of pickings Receptacles 

 used Ladders Disposition of the fruit Moving the 

 fruit Managing pickers. 



Chapter II 

 PREPARING THE FRUIT FOR MARKET 22 



The packing house For the individual Central pack- 

 ing houses Grades of fruit Laws of the various 

 states Assorting fruit into grades Equipment nec- 

 essary Grading tables Mechanical fruit graders or 

 sizers. 



Chapter III 

 FRUIT PACKAGES 40 



Packages versus bulk Gift packages Requirements 

 of fruit packages Kinds of fruit packages Standard 

 sizes of packages Various legal requirements Fruit 

 package material Methods of handling Special 

 packing materials. 



Chapter IV 

 FRUIT PACKING OPERATIONS 57 



Packing apples in barrels Preparing the barrel 

 Facing Filling in Racking Follower Tailing 

 Heading Xailing Packing apples in boxes Terms 

 used Skill required Filling the box Wrapping the 

 fruit Requirements of good pack Nailing devices 

 Rules for packing by organizations Costs compared 

 with barrel Labeling packages. 



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