HANDLING APPLES FROM TREE TO TABLE 



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Figure 6. — Picking buckets are preferable to picking bags, because they afford 

 more protection against bruising and stem punctures. In emptying, the con- 

 tainers should be lowered to bottom of the held box so that the apples will 

 slip out gently. The boxes should not be filled so full that they cannot be 

 stacked without injuring the apples as would happen with the improperly filled 

 box shown. 



house, particularly when the fruit is dumped into the washing or sizing 

 machinery. If it is poured out of the field crates and allowed to drop 

 or if it is poured or rolled around in large piles, it is likely to be 

 bruised and stem-punctured. Unless the apple-handling machinery is 

 properly adjusted bruising may also occur. 



A certain amount and degree of bruising during packing and han- 

 dling probably are inevitable, but most of the bad damage can be elimi- 

 nated by careful handling, which in turn can ordinarily be secured 



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