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A barrel thus packed opens up with a nice show of 

 evenly packed apples on the face and makes a good appear- 

 ance. The necessity of filling the apples above the chime 

 and then forcing them down into the barrel must be done 

 to get the fruit in tight enough to prevent it from shaking 

 around and bruising. Apples packed firmly will bruise much 

 less easily than those packed less firmly. In forcing the 

 bottom of the barrel into place the lower layer of apples 

 will often be somewhat bruised, and the juice may fly out 



Apples are usually barreled in the orchard, thereby doing- 

 away with the necessity of hauling the fruit to and from the 

 packing house. 



of some of them, but this rarely causes any damage, as the 

 juice is quickly absorbed by the wood and the slight 

 breaks in the skin dry up and but little rot will result. 



Packing apples in boxes is a fine art, requiring more 

 skill to do properly, than almost any other single operation 

 in the fruit business. The box as a package for apples is 

 comparatively new and has reached its most extensive 



