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at the other end of the box should be turned, otherwise one end will be too high 

 and the other too low. 



Diagonal Pack. The most important style of pack, all things considered, is 

 the diagonal, or half-tier pack as it is sometimes called. The term diagonal comes 

 from the fact that the rows do not run straight across the box, but go at an angle. 

 The diagonal includes the commonly called 2-1, 2-2 and 3-2 packs. 



In beginning the 2-2 pack an apple is placed in the left-hand lower corner of 

 the box and another midway between the cheek of the first apple and the right- 

 hand side of the box. Two spaces of equal size will then be left. Into these spaces 

 two apples are placed, it being understood, of course, that the apples are too large 

 to fit four across the box. The spaces left by the last two apples placed are then 

 filled, and so on until the layer is completed. The second layer is packed in the 

 same manner, except that it is started in the right-hand corner for the half-tier 

 packs. This throws the apples of the second layer into the pockets formed by the 

 first layer. When completed, the third layer will be directly over the first 'layer 

 and the fourth over the second. 



2-2, 6-6 diagonal; 4 layers — 96 apples. 



2-2, 5-6 diagonal; 4 layers — 88 apples. 



The 3-2 pack is essentially the same as the 2-2, except that it is started with 

 three apples — one in each lower corner and the third in the centre of the space left. 

 This leaves two spaces, one on either side of the centre apple, into which two apples 

 are placed, and thus three and two until the layer is completed. The second layer 

 is started with two apples in the pockets formed by the first layer, three in the 

 next row, and thus two and three throughout. When the box is completed the 

 third and fifth layers will be directly over the first, and the fourth over the second. 



