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were 2^ inches and over in diameter and practically free from scale r 

 bruises, or blemishes. " No. 2 " were apples which were below this 



Fig. 6. — Picking, sorting, and packing apples in a western New York orchard. 



size and of a fair quality. In those days the pack depended mostly 

 upon the farmer himself, or, if the apples had been sold to a buyer, 



Fig. 7. — Delivering apples in bushel baskets to packing shod, where they are sized on 



a mechanical sizer. 



upon his specific directions as to the pack he desired. Often the 

 buyer furnished a packer to insure proper grading 1 . Many times 



