. Modern fruit marketing : a complete treatise covering harvesting, packing, storing, transporting and selling of fruit . Fruit trade. FRUIT SHOWS 275 the bottom of the box all the points are marked off. This denotes a loose package, which will be ruined in shipping to market. The alignment and attractiveness are usually consid- ered together. The rows run straight and true in both directions. The attractiveness has to do with the style of the pack, the arrangement of the fruit on side or end to give the neatest appearance. The wrapping papers are looked at, the way they are put on, etc The bo
. Modern fruit marketing : a complete treatise covering harvesting, packing, storing, transporting and selling of fruit . Fruit trade. FRUIT SHOWS 275 the bottom of the box all the points are marked off. This denotes a loose package, which will be ruined in shipping to market. The alignment and attractiveness are usually consid- ered together. The rows run straight and true in both directions. The attractiveness has to do with the style of the pack, the arrangement of the fruit on side or end to give the neatest appearance. The wrapping papers are looked at, the way they are put on, etc The box. Fig. 135.—EXAMINING FOR DISEASES, INSECTS OR BRUISES liners are studied, and points are deducted to represent the detraction from a perfect appearance. Good looks are as important in the selling of fruit as good clothes are to a marriageable daughter. When the packing has been examined sufficiently, then the judges turn their attention to the fruit itself. From a half to a third of the apples are taken out of the box, the wrappers removed and each apple examined for in- sect injuries, bruises, fungus marks, scale, etc. ( 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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