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GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



familiar with certain varieties and prefers them, the 

 looks of the crops displayed for sale have much to do 

 with its prompt disposal. For this reason the fruit and 

 vegetables should be carefully graded before packing, 

 and the marks placed on the crates, clearly indicating 

 which are first class and which are second. This method 

 honestly carried out, will establish confidence in the 

 shipper, and the products of his farm will be in demand. 

 Inferior grades should never be placed in the same crate 

 with first-class products. Everything is to be lost by such 

 method and nothing to be gained. 



The method adopted by many market gardeners in 

 gathering the crop and checking the work of hired labor 



Fig. 12— Picker's Tag. 



is as follows: Each picker is provided with trays holding 

 such a number of quarts, and when one of these trays is 

 filled to the standard measure it is placed in charge of a 

 foreman, who gives the picker a ticket or check (Figure 

 12) bearing his or her name and punched to designate 

 the number of quarts picked, as well as the condition of 

 the fruit. The trays, as they accumulate in sufficient 

 numbers at any one place in the orchard or garden, are 

 loaded on suitable trucks or wagons and carried to the 

 packing-house. 



