. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. FRUIT-GROWING GINSENG 357 Grading. The grading of American fruits is in a chaotic condition. There is no uniformity in the principles or practices of fruit-grading. All fruits should be graded at least into sound and imperfect fruit. There is a large demand for low grades of fruit among the poorer classes, and there is no objection to the sale of low grades, provided the grade is plainly designated on the package, and the fruit is not unwholesome. The sound fruit may be still further graded into several classes, depending on the relative c
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. FRUIT-GROWING GINSENG 357 Grading. The grading of American fruits is in a chaotic condition. There is no uniformity in the principles or practices of fruit-grading. All fruits should be graded at least into sound and imperfect fruit. There is a large demand for low grades of fruit among the poorer classes, and there is no objection to the sale of low grades, provided the grade is plainly designated on the package, and the fruit is not unwholesome. The sound fruit may be still further graded into several classes, depending on the relative color, perfection and size of the fruit. In packing in boxes, each of the grades should be sized accurately, and the number should be desig- nated on the end of the package. If there is not a large quantity of the higher grades in the sound fruit, all of it may be marked under a brand known as "orchard run," which usually means that the unsound fruit and culls have been eliminated. The oi'chard-run grade is in common use among apple- packers in the East, who eliminate the imperfect and the smaller sizes of perfect fruit, marking the grade as No. 1. Small-fruits can be graded into different sizes if there is sufficient variation in the size. Selling. It is a good policy for the average fruit-grower who does not grow large quantities of fruit to sell it on the tree, in the package, or on an f. o. b. basis, unless he belongs to an organization that has a marketing system developed, or has unusual facilities for posting himself on the condition of the crop and the market. If he does not care to sell, he may store it for a possible rise in price later on. There are many variations in the method of selling fruit that cannot be discussed in this article. It may pay the grower who has large quantities of fruit to handle it through a commission merchant. A firm should be selected that is reliable, and the grower generally should ship to no one else in the same market. If he has
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