Productive orcharding, modern methods of growing and marketing fruit . and carefully emptied. After aboutthree baskets have been put in, the barrel should be shaken orracked in order to settle them into place. The first rackingis deferred until three baskets are in so that there may be weightenough upon the face apples to hold them in place, but there-after the barrel should be racked after each basket is emptieduntil it is nearly full. Then the false head is put in and thebarrel is given a thorough shaking and at the same time the 268 GRADING AND PACKING operator exerts as much pressure by ha
Productive orcharding, modern methods of growing and marketing fruit . and carefully emptied. After aboutthree baskets have been put in, the barrel should be shaken orracked in order to settle them into place. The first rackingis deferred until three baskets are in so that there may be weightenough upon the face apples to hold them in place, but there-after the barrel should be racked after each basket is emptieduntil it is nearly full. Then the false head is put in and thebarrel is given a thorough shaking and at the same time the 268 GRADING AND PACKING operator exerts as much pressure by hand as lie can upon thishead. The object of this, as before explained, is to get a smoothsurface on which to lay the ^tail or last layer of apples. The tailing off of the barrel is the supreme test of goodpacking. The whole object is to lay a smooth surface so thatwhen the pressure is put on it will be distributed over theentire face and not confined to a few spots, as it will be if afew apples stick up above the rest. Many packers tip the barrel Fig. 133. Fig. Fig. 133.—Diagram showing method of starting the 2-2 134.—Diagram showing the method of starting the 3-2 pack. slightly in order to slant the face and then begin to lay theapples at the lower side of this slanting surface. In this waythe apples will stay in place better than if the surface is proper height for this last layer is a somewhat debatablepoint. It depends on the variety and on the distance the fruitis to be shipped. Some varieties, such as Russets, require andwill stand a good deal of pressure. Others, such as Gravensteinand Northern Spy, will not stand so much. Among manj^experienced packers the general opinion is that where the apples PACKING APPLES 269 are well racked, so as to get every one into its place and leaveno open spaces, the apples should not project more than a halfinch above the barrel even when they are to be exported. Atthis end of the barrel many packers use what
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