The practical fruit grower . PACKING FOR MARKET. 31 upon the lower branches, and also in the top. The ordinarystep-ladders are also very serviceable. Assorting.—After picking the fruit, it should be put intopiles of eight to ten bushels each under the trees, or into barrelsA and taken to the barn or shed floor, and should be allowed| \ to undergo the sweating or curing process for several Some growers pick, assort, and pack the fruit at once in theJ orchard. If allowed to stand several days in a cool place-I before heading up, this may not be an objec-— tionable practice; but if the hea
The practical fruit grower . PACKING FOR MARKET. 31 upon the lower branches, and also in the top. The ordinarystep-ladders are also very serviceable. Assorting.—After picking the fruit, it should be put intopiles of eight to ten bushels each under the trees, or into barrelsA and taken to the barn or shed floor, and should be allowed| \ to undergo the sweating or curing process for several Some growers pick, assort, and pack the fruit at once in theJ orchard. If allowed to stand several days in a cool place-I before heading up, this may not be an objec-— tionable practice; but if the head is put inat once, the fruit will not generally keep aswell as if longer exposed to the air afterpicking. The Apples should be sorted into twokinds, the No. 1, or firsts, and No. 2, or sec-onds. This is absolutely necessary for suc-cess. The No. 1 fruit if nicely put up, willFig. 27. often bring more in the market than if both Fig. 28. kinds were sold together, for it only requires a very few poorspecimens in a barrel t
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