ently near. Culls are run down to a box on the floor. With expert packers who can 

 size the apples at a glance this system is very good, as the fruit receives a minimum 

 of handling and hence of bruising. However, for the beginner, and for a poor run 

 of fruit, the table is preferable, as only one size is packed at a time and there is a 

 larger quantity of apples to select from. 



To make a convenient packing table four uprights of two-by-four material 

 three feet long, are taken. These four legs are joined with one-by-six lumber, 

 making the table about three feet wide and four feet long. Care should be taken 

 to haA^e the legs well braced. The top is then covered with strong burlap, which is 

 allowed to hang rather loosely. The legs are bevelled off where they stick up 

 through the burlap so as to leave no sharp edges to bruise the fruit. With this 

 same idea in mind rubber hose is usually nailed around the edge of the table. 

 Two of the diagonally opposite one-by-six sides are allowed to project a foot or so 

 beyond the edge of the table so as to serve as a shelf on which to rest one end of the 

 box while it is being packed. Another board is projected from underneath in such 

 a way as to serve as a support for the other end of the box. 



Fig. 4. Packing Table. 



The height of the tables suggested above is only relative, the point being to 

 have the height suit the packer. Back bending should be avoided. A height of 

 about three feet is generally found to be about right. 



The surface area of the table should not, as a rule, be greater than three feet 

 by four feet, as anything larger will not allow two packers to reach all points of it 

 without unnecessary stretching. Larger tables may be used if there are four 

 packers to a table, but as a general rule their use is to be avoided. There is too 

 much fruit in one pile, and furthermore, two packers at one table will work to 

 better advantage than will four. 



