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fruit (ordinarily the cheek) showing uppermost. The 
top of the basket should present a uniform and 
finished appearance, and should be slightly rounding 
or oval in shape. There will ordinarily he a differ- 
ence of from five to ten cents a basket between good 
plums or peaches scent to the market as they are 
picked from the tree, and those which are properly 
packed and finished up. 
When packing apples and pears in kegs or bar- 
rels, it is not always necessary to place every in- 
dividual; and yet, if the packages are to go abroad, 
it is ordinarily best to take this pains, laying all 
the fruits in tiers, for therchy there is tight packing 
and little shrinkage; and when one handles his fruit 
so carefully he is constantly throwing out the in- 
ferior samples. «As apples are ordinarily handled for 
our domestie trade, however, they are simply faced 
upou the two ends. They ought always to be faced 
upon one end. This facing is done by selecting 
apples of uniform grade and placing them in con- 
eentric rows on the lower head or cnd of the bar- 
rel. About two or three tiers should be faced, the 
vings of one ticr breaking joints with those of an- 
other. The stem end should point towards the head 
of the barrel. The apples in the middle of the 
barrel may be turned in from a_ round-bottomed, 
swing-handled basket, which can be let directly into 
the barrel (or from a smaller basket which will 
turn in the barrel), and after every basket is emptied 
the barrel should be lightly shaken to settle the 
fruits. It is generally advisable to face the upper 
