414 The Principles of Fruit-growing. 



opened, their aroma is such that no well-bred con- 

 sumer can resist the temptation of a high price. 

 Ordinary fruits, however, are not worth this care. 



It is important that all fruit should be packed 

 very snug, especially that which is to be shipped 

 any distance in barrels or other large packages. 

 Fruit which is slack when it reaches the market is 

 nearly always injured, and sells as second or third 

 quality product. This slacking or shaking Jn barrels 

 may be prevented by using fruits which are not over 

 ripe, by careful attention to grading, so that all the 

 specimens are of uniform maturity, by keeping the 

 product cool after it is packed, and especially by 

 placing the fruits in the package by hand. Barrels 

 of apples and pears should ordinarily be filled about 

 an inch above the chine and the fruit should be 

 pressed in with a screw or lever press until the head 

 comes into place. If the fruits are wrapped in paper, 

 or if the package is lined with several thicknesses 

 of paper, the spring of the paper itself will take 

 up the slack and will keep the fruit in place ; and 

 in such cases it is not necessary to apply heavy 

 pressure in the heading -up of the barrel. 



Upon the best brands of fruit, a trade -mark is 

 often important. Some neat pictorial design, with 

 the name of the grower and a statement to the ef- 

 fect that the fruit is guaranteed to be as repre- 

 sented, attracts the eye of the purchaser and gives 

 him confidence in the article ; but to put a trade- 

 mark upon fruit of indifferent or even of ordinary 

 quality is little more than a joke. If a man uses 



