The practical fruit grower . instead of putting on the pro-per head in the first place and ap-plying pressure to it, use a falsecushion head which will play looselyin the barrel. This cushion head islined, a piece of old sacking answer-ing well for the lining. Considera-ble pressure can be applied to thiscushion head without injury to thefruit. Place this cushion upon theApples, and apply the press (Fig. 30) with a pressure sufficient to get theApples together throughout the barrel. Then remove the false headand place the head proper, apply the press and complete the work. Inmarking, use the w
The practical fruit grower . instead of putting on the pro-per head in the first place and ap-plying pressure to it, use a falsecushion head which will play looselyin the barrel. This cushion head islined, a piece of old sacking answer-ing well for the lining. Considera-ble pressure can be applied to thiscushion head without injury to thefruit. Place this cushion upon theApples, and apply the press (Fig. 30) with a pressure sufficient to get theApples together throughout the barrel. Then remove the false headand place the head proper, apply the press and complete the work. Inmarking, use the words choice or medium, as the case may be,stenciled in small letters on the barrel, accompanying the name of theApple. Then on each package stencil the name of the packer in full,as a guaranty of the uniformity of the package throughout. Full and complete instruction as to exporting Apples, so as tosave to the farmer the enormous profits sometimes made by thefruit buyers and exporters, are also given in the work 36 THE APPLE BORER. CHAPTER XI,
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