Packing Apples for Export. 409 



A barrel of winter apples properly faced and packed 

 is shown just as it was opened in Fig. 93. 



The greatest care should be taken in the packing 

 of apples for export, because they are subjected to 

 long and trying transportation, the freight and inci- 

 dental rates are high, and only the very best fruits 

 will pay transportation and other expenses. One 

 reason why the foreign market has recently been so 

 poor for American apples is because a great amount 

 of poorly- sorted and poorly -packed fruit has been ex- 

 ported. The following suggestions for the exporting 

 of apples are condensed from a report made by 

 George T. Powell, of New York state, to the Com- 

 missioner of Agriculture for that state, and will be 

 found to be very useful :* 



"Kind of fruit wanted. Only good fruit is wanted abroad. 

 The fruit-grower should begin months in advance to secure 

 good quality, by practicing good tillage, efficient fertilizing, 

 and thorough spraying. Apples grown on trees which have 

 imperfect (insect-eaten and fungous-infested) foliage generally 

 fail to carry in good condition to Europe. Standard fall and 

 winter varieties are most in demand in the export, trade. 

 Duchess and Twenty Ounce generally sell well if picked while 

 hard. Alexander is too soft. Baldwin, Greening, Spy, King, 

 Spitzenburgh, Hubbardston (Nonesuch \ Newtown (Pippin), Peck's 

 Pleasant, and late Russets are popular varieties. Jonathan 

 and other medium-sized apples are especially desired. Red 

 apples sell better than solid green ones, .as a rule. Soft 

 summer varieties do not ship well. 



"Picking the fruit. Apples intended for export should be 

 picked earlier than for the home trade, but not when green 



* Suggestions as to the Picking and Packing of Fruit for the Foreign 

 and Home Markets, Albany, 1KHJ 



