September, 1916 
WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE SUPPLEMENT 
7 
APPENDIX 
The following tables are appended for what they are worth. Local conditions will necessarily 
govern prices of material and labor, but in general the tables arc approximately correct. 
COMPARATIVE COST OF BARREL AND BOX PACKING 
Barrel Box 
Barrel $ .25 to $ .40 Box $.10 to $.15 
Paper heads .05 Paper .06 
Packing .10 Packing .06 
Nailing .01 Box-making .01 
Picking .22 Grading .05 
Grading .05 Nailing .01 
Orchard help .01 Cartage .05 
Cartage .05 Orchard help .01 
Packing house help .01 
Picking .07 
Total $ .79 to .89 Total $ .43 to .48 
Box or Barrel, Which? 
A high authority classifies some of the well known varieties according to the proper containers for 
shipment as follows: 
In Boxes In Barrels In Boxes or Barrels 
Grimes Golden 
Greenings 
Rome Beauty 
Jonathan 
Baldwins 
Arkansaw 
Winesap 
Ben Davis 
Baldwin 
Delicious 
A'ork Imperial 
Wealthy 
Ah Newtown 
Gano 
Winter Paradise 
Ah Transparent 
Willow Twig 
Oldenburg 
McIntosh 
Fall water 
N. W. Greening 
N. Spy 
Roxbury 
R. I. Greening 
King 
Salome 
Alexander 
Snow 
Russets 
Gilliflower 
Wagener 
Pipins 
