. Modern fruit marketing : a complete treatise covering harvesting, packing, storing, transporting and selling of fruit . Fruit trade. 276 MODERN' FRUIT MARKETING 135). For each blemish noted one point is deducted from the 150 points allowed for this purpose. If half of the box is examined and 10 blemishes discovered, this would be multiplied by two for the entire box and the total, or 20 points, be deducted. Occasionally the rules of the show are to exempt marks that are the result of lid pressure in nailing up the boxes for drayage or ship- ment. Manifestly it would not be right to disqualif


. Modern fruit marketing : a complete treatise covering harvesting, packing, storing, transporting and selling of fruit . Fruit trade. 276 MODERN' FRUIT MARKETING 135). For each blemish noted one point is deducted from the 150 points allowed for this purpose. If half of the box is examined and 10 blemishes discovered, this would be multiplied by two for the entire box and the total, or 20 points, be deducted. Occasionally the rules of the show are to exempt marks that are the result of lid pressure in nailing up the boxes for drayage or ship- ment. Manifestly it would not be right to disqualify a commercial pack for the so-called "box bruises" result-. Fig. 136.—TESTING FOR UNIFORMITY ing from shipping, because no pack has been found which wiU entirely eliminate them. The apples which have been unwrapped are piled back in the box and studied for uniformity (Fig. 136). If more than one size is found they are scored off in propor- tion to th© number that vary. The size refers to the commercial value of the apples exhibited. Unduly large specimens are discounted on the general market just the same as if they were diseased. On the other hand, apples. 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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