ing ‘epend upon the manner in which the crou is handled at 
harvesting time. The fruit should be allowed to remain on the 
tree until it i8 Tully grown and tell colored, *na the’ great- 
est care should be exercised in picking it. The apple should 
be removed from the tree by a rolling and bending motion, ana 
not jerled. Careless picking distroys many fruit spurs, and 
injures tie ir ait Ge bruising, If the eteéems are pulled out, 
the Skins broken, or the Flesh bruised in any was, the fruit 
will not keep vwelj and its value is greatly reducea, All of 
the work in connection with the handling of the fruit shoulda 
be most carefully supervised. 
Picking baskets of oll descriptions are manufactured 
€or pickings the freit im, ond mest of them serve the purpese 
very well, The main precaution abcut using a basket is to 
see that it is well padded te prevent the bruising of the 
apples during picking. Pickers frequently prefer to use sacks 
instead of baskets, and there are numerous styles of these. 
Most of these, however, are too bulky to handie easily, and 
the fruit is often severly bruised by crushing them against 
the ladder. Paiis for picking are very popular in some of the 
apple sections of the west, and they are weil adapted for 
