188 THE HOME ORCHARD— APPLE, PEAR, QUINCE 



sold as soon as harvested unless it is wanted for home use. The 

 advantage of growing summer varieties is that the price may be 

 better at that season and storage will not be necessary. 



Fall and winter varieties are usually held for some weeks or 

 months. The winter varieties are always better keepers than the 

 fall varieties. The latter can not be kept long except in cold 

 storage. One of the best home storage places is a cellar where the 

 fruit will not freeze and where it will not dry out too much. The 

 apples may be placed in barrels or boxes, closed up well and placed 

 in the cellar until needed for market or for use. The barrels are 

 opened and the fruit that is going to market is carefully repacked. 



Fig. 114. — A convenient packing table with loose burlap bag top, used in sorting fruit and 

 packing boxes. (Indiana Station.) 



Fruit stored in apple boxes will bring better prices than that stored 

 in barrels. This must, however, be sorted well and be of uniform 

 color and size. For systems of packing barrels and boxes for 

 market see Sears' Productive Orcharding. 



Figure 114 shows a good form of sorting table which may easily 

 be made at home. 



Figure 115 shows a compression clamp for use in closing apple 

 barrels. Such a device greatly reduces the damage to apples in 

 barrels when shipped by rail or by truck. 



Figure 116 shows two methods of packing apples in boxes to 

 secure uniform and good results. Figure 117 shows how the fruit 

 is wrapped with stamped papers. 



