Productive orcharding, modern methods of growing and marketing fruit . basket, holding from 5 quarts to 16 quarts,usually in the latter size; the Georgia six-basket carrier; and theclimax peach basket, a relatively new package. One of theclimax baskets is shown, filled with apples, in Figure 145. Ithas the advantage of being a small package which is quite rigidso as to protect the fruit well. It also packs well into cars. 262 GRADING AND PACKING In western sections we have also the four-basket carrier and thepeach box. The box is 18 inches long by lli/o. inches wide andis made in three differe
Productive orcharding, modern methods of growing and marketing fruit . basket, holding from 5 quarts to 16 quarts,usually in the latter size; the Georgia six-basket carrier; and theclimax peach basket, a relatively new package. One of theclimax baskets is shown, filled with apples, in Figure 145. Ithas the advantage of being a small package which is quite rigidso as to protect the fruit well. It also packs well into cars. 262 GRADING AND PACKING In western sections we have also the four-basket carrier and thepeach box. The box is 18 inches long by lli/o. inches wide andis made in three different depths—4, 4% and 5 inches. Plums are packed in practically the same packages as peaches. Cherries go to market principally in two kinds of packages,either in strawberry baskets and crates or, the fancy westerncherries, in boxes varying in capacity from eight to thirty these fancy cherries are also packed in one-poundcartons. Packing Apples.—Since the barrel must long remain the mostimportant package for apples it seems worth while to discuss,. Fig. 125.—Stemmers; shears for removing the stems from the face apples when packing in barrels. in some detail, the equipment for packing apples in barrels andthe operation of so packing them. The table for barrel packing ought to be fairly large, for, thefruit being rarely graded beforehand, the operator needs arather large supply from which to choose. A table which isthree by six feet and six inches deep (with six-inch boardsaround) will be found a good size, and the sides and bottomshould be padded with or made of burlap or some such materialto keep the fruit from bruising. A table of this size which ismounted upon two carpenters horses, instead of havingrigid legs of its own, can be hung up on the wall out of the way PACKING APPLES 263 when not in use. There should also be several swing-bail basketsand a press. There are several styles of presses on the market, principallyeither the lever or the screw type. T
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