. Modern fruit marketing : a complete treatise covering harvesting, packing, storing, transporting and selling of fruit . Fruit trade. 62 MODERN FRUIT MARKETING Just how high the top layer should be is a matter to be determined by experience, judging from the variety of the apple. Soft apples will give more than hard ones without hurting. If the apples project just about even with the top of the barrel, they will be approxi- mately correct and then when the head is put on they will be pressed down the thickness of the head, plus the thickness of the chine of the barrel. If too much. a—Properly
. Modern fruit marketing : a complete treatise covering harvesting, packing, storing, transporting and selling of fruit . Fruit trade. 62 MODERN FRUIT MARKETING Just how high the top layer should be is a matter to be determined by experience, judging from the variety of the apple. Soft apples will give more than hard ones without hurting. If the apples project just about even with the top of the barrel, they will be approxi- mately correct and then when the head is put on they will be pressed down the thickness of the head, plus the thickness of the chine of the barrel. If too much. a—Properly tailed. b—Careless work. Fig. 49. pressure is applied the apples will be bruised and the two top layers will be practically ruined for commercial purposes. Heading the Barrel.—^After the fruit is placed on top the best that can be done, the corrugated cap is put on, if used, and then the barrel head laid on top. This is gently forced into position by a barrel press until it rests in the crozes and then the hoops are driven in place. Nailing.—After the head has been put on it is nailed fast through the first hoop in the same manner as the face of the barrel was at the 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
Size: 2616px × 955px
Photo credit: © Central Historic Books / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectfruittrade, bookyear1
