. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. Fii 'Harvey" Roister SDring: Suitable for Use on Orchard Waj?ons. After the fruit is hauled to the packing sheds or house it is assorted by some one who attends particularly to that work and placed on the packing tables. In as- sorting there are certain rules in almost pvery commercial orchard which will govern the conduct of the work. These
. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. Fii 'Harvey" Roister SDring: Suitable for Use on Orchard Waj?ons. After the fruit is hauled to the packing sheds or house it is assorted by some one who attends particularly to that work and placed on the packing tables. In as- sorting there are certain rules in almost pvery commercial orchard which will govern the conduct of the work. These rules are determined by the object of the grower or the purposes for which his pears are intended. If they are intended for canning, one set of rules would ob- tain, while if they were intended for wrapping, boxing and sending to the city markets, another set of rules would be given. In the Eastern states, for canning pur- poses pears are almost always shipped in baskets, while in the West, especially the Pacific Coast states, they are wrapped in paper and shipped in boxes. Packiii§^ Pears Where pears are packed in boxes for the fancy markets it is important that the same care should be used as in the packing of apples. Some of the commis- sion merchants and fruit associations send out rules for packing similar to the following: 1. All packers must be registered. Each packer must have a rubber stamp with a number, and this number must be placed on every box packed by the one holding this number. 2. There must be a competent fore- man over all packing crews, and each packer must look to him for instructions. 3. If any packer whose work is found unsatisfactory will not do the work as directed by the foreman, he shall be dis- charged. 4. All pears shall be packed in two grades, "Fancy" and "; Some growers and associations have three grades, the same as in apples, "Extra Fancy," "Fancy" and ";. Please note that these
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