408 The Principles of Fruit-growing. 
head of the barrel before the head is placed in, 
but this is not always done. The barrel is’ ordi- 
narily leaded up, then ended ever, and the oppo- 
site or originally-faced end is stenciled, and this is 
the end which the dealer is supposed to open. — It 
Pig. 93. Barrel of first-class apples opened up in the market. 
very frequently happens, however, that the dealer, 
in order to test the packing, opens the wrong or 
unintended end of the barrel; and in selling large 
lots of apples two or three barvels are sometimes 
used as samples, and the eutire contents ave rolled 
out upon the packing house or auction room floor. 
