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When  It  Pays  to  Wrap  Apples 
The  following  was  taken  from  “Weath¬ 
er,  Crops  and  Markets,”  published  weekly 
by  the  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture: 
“With  the  very  satisfactory  results  ob¬ 
tained  last  year  from  shipments  in  which 
the  apples  were  wrapped  in  oiled  paper,  it 
is  expected  that  a  large  part  of  this  sea¬ 
son’s  movement  will  be  packed  in  that 
manner.” 
Will  you  tell  the  readers  of  The  R. 
N.-Y.  the  results  that  may  come  from 
wrapping  apples  in  oiled  paper? 
Greenland,  N.  D.  a.  h.  W. 
The  use  of  oiled  paper  wrappings  in 
packing  apples  is  no  new  thing,  but  the 
practice  has  increased  rapidly  in  the 
Northwest  the  past  two  years.  From  40 
to  00  per  cent  of  the  crop  in  the  various 
Northwestern  shipping  sections  will  be 
wrapped  this  season.  Wrapping  is  prac¬ 
ticed  extensively  by  several  large  asso¬ 
ciations  and  concerns  which  handle  thou¬ 
sands  of  carloads  of  boxed  apples.  Not 
all  apples  are  wrapped,  but  only  the  fan¬ 
cy  grades  of  long-keeping  varieties,  like 
Winesap  and  Newtown,  which  it  is  de¬ 
sired  to  keep  in  cold  storage  until  the  last 
part  of  the  market  season.  Wrapping  is 
also  favored  for  some  of  the  soft-fleshed, 
high-grade  varieties,  like  Delicious.  The 
paper  serves  as  a  cushion  in  the  case  of 
tender  fruit.  In  long  storage  it  tends  to 
prevent  rot  and  fungus  diseases  from 
spreading  easily  from  one  apple  to  its 
neighbors. 
By  far  the  most  important  considera¬ 
tion  leading  to  its  increased  use  lately  is 
that  the  oil  paper  wrapping  has  been 
proved  to  reduce  and  often  to  prevent  en¬ 
tirely  the  damage  by  “scald”  in  cold  stor¬ 
age.  It  is  this  very  important  considera¬ 
tion  which  has  led  to  shipments  of  several 
hundred  carloads  of  waxed  paper  to  the 
Northwest  this  season.  Finally,  the  use 
of  a  wrapper  suggests  care  and  adds  a  lit¬ 
tle  to  the  market  standing  of  the  fruit. 
The  disadvantages  are  the  greater  cost, 
5  or  6c  per  bushel  for  labor  and  wrappers, 
also  the  difficulty  in  cooling  wrapped 
stock.  For  this  last  reason,  apples  should 
never  be  wrapped  while  warm  from  the 
sun  or  from  lying  in  heaps. 
Eastern  apples  may  be  wrapped  when 
it  is  desired  to  use  special  care  to  length¬ 
en  the  storage  period  and  to  prevent 
waste.  A  part  of  the  supply  for  home  use 
and  local  trade  may  be  wrapped,  to  pro¬ 
long  the  season.  Of  course,  only  perfect, 
sound,  hard  fancy  fruits  should  be  wrap¬ 
ped.  It  cannot  well  be  sorted  over  after¬ 
wards.  The  paper  may  be  had  from  agri¬ 
cultural  supply  houses  or  from  concerns 
selling  baskets,  boxes  and  crates.  Usual 
sizes  are  8  to  10  in.  or  10  by  10  in. 
There  is  a  knack  in  wrapping.  The 
method  is  often  shown  in  the  meetings  of 
fruit  growers.  The  Western  packer 
wraps  apples  almost  as  fast  as  he  picks 
them  up.  He  grasps  the  paper  with  his 
left  hand,  places  the  apple  stem  up  in  it 
with  his  right,  closes  the  finger  of  his 
left  around  the  fruit  and  wrapper  and 
gives  a  final  twist  with  his  right.  With 
practice  comes  speed  with  no  waste  mo¬ 
tion.  It  would  not  be  advisable  to  wrap 
Eastern  apples  for  general  shipment,  but 
only  for  private  trade,  or  by  arrangement 
with  the  buyer.  Authorities  advise  the 
use  of  paper  for  Eastern  Winter  apples 
stored  later  than  January  in  cold  stor¬ 
age.  This  advice  applies  to  the  grower 
who  stores  his  own  apples.  If  he  sells  for 
storage  he  will,  of  course,  not  wrap  the 
fruit  unless  paid  for  the  work  and  ma¬ 
terial.  Wrapping  except  for  long  stor¬ 
age,  to  prevent  scald,  and  in  the  special 
conditions  mentioned  before,  is  not  con¬ 
sidered  especially  profitable.  It  should  be 
emphasized  that  only  the  oiled  paper  will 
prevent  scald.  g.  b.  f. 
Pear  Psylla 
There  are  many  pear  growers  in  this 
vicinity  who  would  be  interested  in  the 
experiences  of  others  in  the  control  of 
the  pear  tree  psylla.  An  article  in  a  re¬ 
cent  issue  of  a  Niagara  Co.,  N.  Y.,  paper 
seemed  to  imply  that  nicotine  dust  ap¬ 
plied  when  the  first  brood  reached  the 
adult  stage  would  do  the  trick,  and  that 
wet  sprays  would  not  destroy  the  eggs, 
while  a  station  bulletin  of  May,  1914, 
concludes  that  lime-sulphur  wash,  1  to  8, 
will  destroy  98  per  cent  of  the  eggs,  and 
will  give  sufficient  control  to  enable  the 
trees  to  develop  their  fruit  and  maintain 
a  vigorous  condition.  If  any  of  your 
readers  have  controlled  the  psylla  in  a 
large  or  commercial  planation  they  will 
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