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The Principles of Fruit -growing. 



head of the barrel before the head is placed in, 

 but this is not always done. The barrel is ordi- 

 narily headed up, then ended over, and the oppo- 

 site or originally -faced end is stenciled, and this is 

 the end which the dealer is supposed to open. It 



Fig. 9i Barrel of tirst-class apples opened up in the market. 



very frequently happens, however, that the dealer, 

 in order to test the packing, opens the wrong or 

 unintended end of the barrel ; and in selling large 

 lots of apples two or three barrels are sometimes 

 used as samples, and the entire contents are rolled 

 out upon the packing house or auction room floor. 



