GENERAL INFORMATION 



14a 



gated side down, in the barrel. Sorters have been selecting "facers" 

 from the table and placing them in sidepockets on the table or in drop- 

 handle baskets hung by hooks on the sides of the table. These "facers" 

 are the apples that are to form the first layer or plate in the barrel. 

 They should be fairly representative of the whole barrel, and uniform 

 as to size and color in order to fit well and to make the face look as 

 attractive as possible when the barrel is opened (Figs. 51 and 52). 



Turn the fruit carefully out of the basket into the barrel and then, 

 with head and shoulders inside the barrel, turn the apples stem down- 

 ward, placing them in circles or rings beginning at the outside. If 

 apples are properly selected, the center of the face will be filled with 

 one, three, or four apples, depending on the size of the fruit being 

 packed, of the same size as or a trifle larger than those in the adjacent 

 ring. The face should never be completed by an apple much larger 

 or smaller than the others in the face. If this is necessary, it indicates 

 that apples of the proper size or uniformity were not selected. The face 

 should be tight and springy when completed. Use the same number of 



