HANDLING APPLES FROM TREE TO TABLE 



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Figure 8. — Buckets are preferable to picking bags, because they afford more protec- 

 tion against bruising and stem punctures. In emptying, the containers should be 

 lowered to bottom of the field 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 here. 



handling, which, in turn, can ordinarily be obtained only by adequate 

 supervision and the use of proper equipment. 



In a study of picking bruises made in Washington orchards {24) the 

 number of punctures, bruises, and pulled stems was recorded 

 periodically. It was shown that where an orchardist adequately super- 

 vised the work of his pickers, there were 37 bruises per 100 apples, of 



