. Modern fruit marketing : a complete treatise covering harvesting, packing, storing, transporting and selling of fruit . Fruit trade. FRUIT HARVESTING OPERATIONS 11 of the basket. This facilitates the emptying of apples into a barrel. Baskets having the wide splints and a smooth interior are the best. (Fig. 5 c.) Those having a woven (Fig. 5 h.) splint work are not recommended be- cause of the many sharp corners on the inside. It is usually not practical to line such baskets with burlap, be- cause the small particles of bark, grit and dirt will stick into the burlap, and the sharp corners bre
. Modern fruit marketing : a complete treatise covering harvesting, packing, storing, transporting and selling of fruit . Fruit trade. FRUIT HARVESTING OPERATIONS 11 of the basket. This facilitates the emptying of apples into a barrel. Baskets having the wide splints and a smooth interior are the best. (Fig. 5 c.) Those having a woven (Fig. 5 h.) splint work are not recommended be- cause of the many sharp corners on the inside. It is usually not practical to line such baskets with burlap, be- cause the small particles of bark, grit and dirt will stick into the burlap, and the sharp corners break or puncture the skin. A very small puncture will often cause decay as quickly as a large bruise. Picking Bags. — Various kinds of picking bags are also in use. These, for the most part, are not to be recom- mended, especially those that are all constructed of cloth or canvas. Some of the picking bags have a wooden piece around the top which will help protect the fruit. These are better than the other kind. The great objection to a picking bag is that in climbing over a ladder or through a tree, the fruit is often bruised through the bag. Small particles also collect on the inside of the bag the same as they do on the burlap- lined basket, and the sharp corners of the very fine particles tend to puncture the skin of the fruit. In some places, tin pails or wooden pails (Fig. 5 a.) are used. These are very satisfactory if rightly handled. A tin pail, as long as it is new and flexible, is a good pick-. FRONT SACK Fig. 6.—A HANDY PICKING BAG Not as good as Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brown, Bliss S. , 1880-. New York : Orange Judd Company
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