414 The Principles of Fruit-growing. 
opened, their aroma is such that no well-bred con- 
sumer can resist the temptation of a high price. 
Ordinary fruits, however, are not worth this care. 
It is important that all fruit should be packed 
very snug, especially that which is to be shipped 
any distance in barrels or other large packages. 
Fruit which is slack when it reaches the market is 
nearly always injured, and sells as second or third 
quality product. This slacking or shaking in )arrels 
may he prevented by using fruits which are not over 
ripe, hy careful attention to grading, so that all the 
specimens are of uniform maturity, by keeping the 
product cool after it is packed, and especially by 
placing the fruits in the package by hand. Barrels 
of apples and pears should ordinarily be filled about 
an inch above the ehine and the fruit should be 
pressed in with a serew or lever press until the head 
comes into place. If the fruits are wrapped in paper, 
or if the package is lined with several thicknesses 
of paper, the spring of the paper itself will take 
up the slack and will keep the fruit in place; and 
in such eases it is not necessary to apply heavy 
pressure in the heading-up of the barrel. 
Upon the best brands of fruit, a trade-mark is 
often important. Some neat pictorial design, with 
the name of the grower and a statement to the ef- 
fect that the fruit is guaranteed to be as repre- 
sented, attracts the eye of the purchaser and gives 
him confidence in the article; but to put a_trade- 
mark upon fruit of indifferent or even of ordinary 
quality is little more than a joke. If a man _ uses 
