CONTENTS 
Chapter I 
Fruir HarVESTING OPERATIONS .. .. 1. ., 
Picking operations—Time to pick various fruits— 
Stems on or off—Succession of pickings—Receptacles 
used—Ladders—Disposition of the fruit—Moving the 
fruit—Managing pickers. 
Chapter II 
PREPARING THE FRuIT FoR MaRKET .. 
The packing house—For the indiv tdwal Central: pack- 
ing houses—Grades of fruit—Laws of the various 
states—Assorting fruit into grades—Equipment nec- 
essary—Grading tables—Mechanical fruit graders or 
sizers. 
Chapter III 
Fruit PacKaGEs.. .. .. gh eh. ahi 
Packages versus bulk—Gift oaalsages Requirements 
of fruit packages—Kinds of fruit packages—Standard 
sizes of packages—Various legal requirements—Fruit 
package material—Methods of handling—Special 
packing materials. 
Chapter IV 
Fruit PACKING OPERATIONS .. «. «. «sce 
Packing apples in barrels—Preparing the barrel 
Facing—Filling in—Racking — Follower — Tailing— 
Heading—Nailing—Packing apples in boxes—Terms 
used—Skill required—Filling the box—Wrapping the 
fruit—Requirements of good pack—Nailing devices— 
Rules for packing by organizations—Costs compared 
with barrel—Labeling packages. 
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