Buckets and Ladders 



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from high ladders. This will facilitate the picking as the 

 pickers will quickly adapt themselves to th? height at 

 which they must work and learn how to handle themselves 

 and their bucket. 



After the fruit is picked it must be kept out of the sun. 

 The best method is to have the pickers empty their buck- 



step Ladders arid Picking Bags used in Harvesting Ap- 

 ples in Western Colorado. 



ets into lug boxes, filling the boxes no more than level 

 lull, and haul the boxes to the packers immediately. In 

 emptying the buckets or bags the pickers should not pour 

 or drop the apples into the boxes, but lift each apple care- 

 fully ami lay it over by hand. A drop of only a few inches 

 will in many cases, bruise the fruit. Apples must be 



