More about Apples.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 10 June 1890, Page 2

More about Apples.

Thr Covent Garden fntit merchants ruler the market, and one of the first of these is Mr W. N. White, who has addressed r lettez to the frnrt'grbwers of Tasiiaania, As many of our readers ' contempUte further planting we reprint Mr White'a remarks a* to the varieties to send to England. 11 The Bibatone Pippin ie & good apple one that you cannet send too many of and one that sometimes realists the splendid price of 80s to 85b per ease ; seldom do they make less than 12a. Adams' Pearmain- is a very good apple.but it will not command extra pricos." It has averaged from 8s to 14« per case. • Scarlet Nonpareil : This i« a very fine apple, but your people seen* to hsve two kindn, via., the true Scarlet 'Nonpareil ftod the CoYs Orange Pippin —both are sent ' u ndftv tha name of Scarlet Nonpareils. This Cox'« Orange Pippin ii a Urgor apple -*h»» *he true

. SfarltV Nonpareil, and oi a raort ex* flavour. We-ma4e Jast eea'••a,: of stnit really fine fruit, 20s to SIS« ptr tfaso : readily. ' The Stunner * iPippimitagotdapplt^ but one that 1 Bhoaldonly b« sent When large. It • is hot so good a keeper an some' of the other torts; French Crabs are grtfwn byy*u far titter than iv England ;, they art a largo, clear, and good apple for culinary purposes, and always arrive hero in sound condition, but 'ihty do not make extreme < Btto 12b per case is about their value J on tke other hand, th«y art' Splendid keepers, and an* ■ much liked. New York Pippins' : iQnlj* the finest should be sent. AyeilmgtOKß : One of our bent ap* plei fa fitigUi»d, but a cooking »p- --' -rpj»» "«*^ *•** 7 0ur Vge <v rtnjii 4u<*»% P**"V» FlaW, Blue PeanaainjK Ido not advojate their hkinft Sow'to Eftgland ' unit it th© ■::' •..•fruit^tijo /'%&* "°P'f '"clear. Brad' ctoaVt NwpaftiU art a ' gool applt, V- .»^wh<tf wtft grovm wilt etnimand •-> •f«it^»fe*ifc i ;€i»w ? iKgg tad Stone Pippin, in a plentiful season, will •• /tmi?' ffrtiist mtdiuta prices. Alex. . ' *2j4jptui « ■Bpl/ndid' ftpjsle, but goft^Swa*. »> r t; RdvcK&fce ijt« • •• " ivemg 6fefc\ aer* .' '^iss-ir+d '07.-r-.-r3 ' . -j a Iwanjifui apple.. . if gaobered at th« proper tint, .iishpuld t]i«n coqae ' i: foriraid*»dvdo wall* ,-Now, witk all' ' ' 'ihet^torta of.applti yon should ira>pt*Mtnt y*ur people that, abwre all 'thrtigi/they are not to lend i\u thf ■ ■ maH fruit. The freight and copt of ; hindliif i« «am« at. with the - *lirg*ravl' the' ■-■• i wia)i. : ifrjiit neror "■* rialuift more than half the .price " . > 1 v *»*i^pj^f td irritQ in good c .n- --" Jf. * kaip ' been conci\x*ir4\j pro Ted, mttit couie itewjed . in. cool *nd'not m ordinary earge' ; - • hri i* freeing chamberi. Some of Ifat.tppleig that<wer# eeqt last season '' ; *f oHipaty cargo >atnT,ed in good - 'cijadUwa ;'8om« wvt indiffereut and eo«>e^ott#o.> Ja order to make tkia ' -ptofitakU trade, bs wai said' before the apples must come only in co«j ohambett , with a temperature not - higher i-thau tG degrees, nor Ipwtj than 85 degrees. Fruit ihottld- not be chilkd. Beduciugth* iempera. ; iurt Ufrefziog point is aloita aufii■■;.cient;to chill it, aadihen when it » diichatf ed htrt in the moiih of May ''with the U»yxri4uw P«rhaps at 80 • tfc >l&o degreee:. Ihe h4iai ; caiwM the ftruii immediatffy : t©, " amd . tyrk Wac%, «ad decay wjfthin a short time t>( being.unloadifl. , In clipping pye/erence should be? fiftp to the •H»t"of boats that bring! the fruit fcirwaid at the most uniforn tempera* and from .my experience I ■•' <pwld give that preference to th« P. ' and 0. : - Company^ ai tkeir gb#clt always leem. to come in better' condithan tht others.. If these points •n attended. to,. tbe.questien of goad or i»^d delWexieß iSTedneed to aimni* •TUuiii, and there only remains the qnes/Uon oi rates, mode of packing, .. indthel 1 sorts' to fiend. : '" Puring laatseason we reclired a itrtnge variety of packings— lome peeked in chaff, aomo in wheat dust ' |omt mixed with hay, Borne papered eafch appl«, some papered' tjie cases : round the sides only. ' If the applev '■'\U to be wrapped in paper, I Advise whale of their should be so Wrapped, not a parti only, Avoid < rtiaft u»d duit by all tbeanß.at they qnly depreciate ihe value. .If the $Pi ff wrapping your finest applet )4 PfP** 1 i" n< *t rou«h, you might do ' ; §o; butl question whether it would ' addjjßdper ease tothe value of the • fruit- ; The secret of packing ii to paißk tightly. I would advise stiff rtrtng pap^r being placed round the wpftft'to kfitp the apples from.toueh"ihg the, ease, and to exclude duti or anythiog that might get in the fejrevfcdft ; then if the applvf are properly and tightly packei, »n my •*dpitribu it is ■sufficitnt. I have been •tt^n to understand that tht mode ' |4^led in filling the cases your side ' Is to place the case on itt tide, fill it ■ &, and nail down when full. That * $ ljnws tne best way v I recommend \ps following :- Take the.cas^, lay :fton to flat, then plaet the paper round the wood, and commence •p^rcfeng from the bettom of your ea|<, placing either the stem or the of t&e head «f the downward, which-a^r'yoa;-thiak -tho best, Fill the as tightly a» possible, and nail rt 3own, then- turn the case over and ; ' n>f rk on the eadoof it the name of the »pple> with the brand of the 'shipper. Thus the bottom of the c'ftle your side will be the top that we open here. Ido not tall you thj* jpo >~»4hat you shall " top " your iraEt^ahd put all the finest applet at the hot- " wpi °' your c * le • * fc B * m * *i m * H there is any fim> fruit, you m a • » ftjerchant or tender, would be per 1 - fecvly justified im putting tome of the fiue&t on the top but ' topping ' to ' *ni»'«ad is a miatake, and only brings •. the brand into disrepute. In giv Iqg.you these idens in packing I am -.: borueout in [them when we ton* firtor how the Americans pack their , |i'uit. • For instance, aome one sends me 200 eases of fruit, consisting of > so many Nonpareils, so many Stur- . uxer Pipping, so many Wellingtons, -- iiko. -ThVse are sorted when de- •■ . ltered according to the mark on the oase ; and if a parcel consists of 100 ■■ - or more, perhaps four cases will beex* ■ ■ poaed, and the parcel sold according . to the tamplt Now, if these f cm t arc not properly marked suppose .. *"i open four cases and find two of • them Tory, ordinary, that would tell : agaiutt tht tclltr'g intwrMt, because

*• ctnno* optn »ny mora. We h»r« to be fair to the buyers a« well as tellers— ihrbuyert- are present when- the good* - are exposed, and they judge forlhemselY^s ; so if we aro so nnfoitunate ns to open two cases of iuferiot quality., through being insufficiently marked, it. becomes % misfortune to the senden, which misfortune aho*ld be avoidable. t)n the other hand, if we open] two very fine caßes, and the bulk turns out not st good, the. buyers, avoid the brand on a future oeoasion... I trust I have 'made this most vital part of. the otibject perfectly clear to your.