. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1188 l-ACKING smoothly overlappiiif; tips of the clusters with no stems I'l Mi'^ at till' Kiist are packed in barrels, half barrels nr ki'::'. "I- ill some of the various peach packages. In Califoiiiia are all wrapped in paper and are care- fully packed in 40 pound Until within the last few years the
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1188 l-ACKING smoothly overlappiiif; tips of the clusters with no stems I'l Mi'^ at till' Kiist are packed in barrels, half barrels nr ki'::'. "I- ill some of the various peach packages. In Califoiiiia are all wrapped in paper and are care- fully packed in 40 pound Until within the last few years the barrel was the almost universal ap- ple package, and it is still used for handling the great bulk of the crop. Early, perishable kinds have, however, long been shipped in the various peach packages. Recently, the growers of the Pacific coast have led the way in packing win- ter apples in boxes. They are wrapped after the manner of California pears. Some eastern growers are finding it to their advantage to follow this western fashion for their fancy fruits, and it seems probable that the better grades of apples at least will come more and more to be marketed in smaller packages. In Boston, a Inislud Ixix is now popular for apples :mi-1 "IIm r |.ro,liirls. Ki-. H;!'-'.^ In Ji;!.-king apples â . )il^"i-iIh'lii--i-in.â ..r two lay- called' f:i';i L'. 'I' is \v lill.'i], J kj-k.'l ful at a time, by lowering the l,)asket into tin' i â 11 i. I i - :u . full v turning out the fruit. The barrcli - . i i so as to settle down the fruit, and w I . i i i . it is rounded up enough so that the li. : , - i,. i,, | ,, -., , into place with considerable force, a !⢠1 I -i :i i- cial barrel press beingused for the purpose. 'l)n l,;ijr( 1 is now turned over, and what was the bottom is inaikr,! as the top, so that the hand-laid "face" may lir r\|â,s, .1 on opening. For vegetables, various open-woi-k <ir \tiiti- Jated barrels are
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