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on the market, and notice the effect. The crew of men who are 

 under an orchard foreman are supphed with the necessary picking 

 receptacles, ladders, etc., and then the work begins. 



Member. What do you pick the apples into? 



Answer. Alany of the growers use galvanized iron pails. They 

 are of such a size (lo in. x lo in.) that they can be lowered into the 

 box, thus eliminating the bruising of the fruit to a very great ex- 

 tent. 



Member. How about a bag? 



Answer. Personally, I am not in favor of the bag; for in 

 climbing up and down the ladder, and in stooping over, the fruit 

 is very likely to get more or less bruised. 



Chester Tyson. It is customary here to use the half-bushel 

 drop handle basket. 



Member. Is the pail round? 



Answer. Yes. 



As soon as the orchard boxes are filled with fruit, they are taken 

 immediately to the packing house. The fruit is never allowed to 

 remain exposed to the sun's rays for any length of time. 



Packing Houses. 



These vary in size and shape, according to the whims of the 

 orchardist. In some instances I have known men to use large tents 

 for this purpose. In the construction of packing houses there are a 

 few points well worth mentioning: One requisite is light; by all 

 means have plenty of windows in your building. Another is plenty 

 of room. Build a large, roomy house. 



Grading. 



The apples, on their arrival at the packing house, are placed 

 at the ends or in the center of the building. A crew of men begin im- 



Fir.v.RE 10~-GRADrN'G BOARD 



(Court -'sy of "Better Fruit.") 



mediately to sort the apples. I have here a sizing board (Shows 

 board about 6 inches wide and 2 feet long, with a row of holes 

 through the center, varying in diameter from 2}i inches to 3% 

 inches in regular sequence), which represents the diflferent sized 

 apples that are put up in boxes. This board (See Figure 

 10) is placed up in a convenient place, before the sort- 

 ers. As soon as the grader has trained his eye, and 

 this it will not take him long to do, he will be able to 



