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Agriciaturcd Gazette of N.SJF. [April '1, 1908, 



Tjiiyfirs, 

 1 ;iii(i 2 : 8. 



Liivers, 

 : iinci \ : S, 



L;ivPrs. 



2M1I.14 111. 



Number au'l size, f! !■. 

 Diiimcter, \\ in. ; layers, 4. 



Niimlier and size, ' 2. 

 Dijuiieter, 4; in. ; luyers,^4. 



Fig. 5. 



Nunilicr iiml size, 80. 

 Diameter, 4 in. ; layers, 4. 



Layers, 

 1 and 3 : 12. 



Layers. 



2 and 4 : 12. 



Number and size, 96. 

 Diameter, 3i in. : layers, 4. 



Fig. 6. 



The JiccompanviiiL; (liai<;ram.s fidiii Professor 

 H. H. Humes liulletin, No. G3, Florida Ai^ri- 

 cultural lv\|i('riiii(iit Station, illustrate the ur- 

 raiigeinent of the diffei'ent sized fruit.s. Figs. 

 1 , 2, and '.\ show the arrangement of orange.s 

 acecji'ding to thcii' diameters to secure the cases 

 heing packed uniforndy. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 show 

 the airangement foi- pomelos (grape-fruit). In 

 packing, the cases ai-e usually filled so that the 

 last tier of fr'uit projects about I inch above the top of the box. After the 

 ease is packed, it is placed under a press (see Fig. 7) and tlie lid g(>ntly foi-ced 

 into position. The system of "jumping" the cases by a hard rocking move- 

 ment on the bench or Hoor cannot be too strongly condemned for fruit intended 

 for export. In the above diagrams the cases are the 2 cubic feet ones used 

 in California. 



Tn packing-houses in other countries, it is customary to have the name of 

 tlie packer nicely printed on the wra])pei-s, and manv different cohmis ■aw". 

 used. 



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Fig. 7. Details of Orange Press. 



N.B. — In the above illustration of an oran.L'c press the cross rods forminfr the lever are too thick and 

 are an imiiediment to the operator when nailini;' on the lids. This lever should be thin and 

 narrow, say :{ x l iron. 



