APPLE GROWING 



more, making the two boxes hold 2,323.5 cubic 

 Inches and 2,350 cubic inches respectively. 



Spruce is the most reliable and in general the 

 best material. Fir is sometimes used, but is 

 likely to split. Pine Is good if strong enough. 

 The ends should be of three-quarter-inch mate- 

 rial ; the sides of three-eighth-inch, and the tops 

 and bottoms — two pieces each — of one-quarter- 

 inch material. There should also be two cleats 

 each for top and bottom. The sides of the 

 box should be nailed with four, preferably five- 

 penny cement-coated nails, at each end. The 

 cleats should be put neatly on each end and 

 four nails put into them, going through into 

 the top and bottom. Boxes commonly come 

 " knocked down " or in the flat and are usually 

 put together by the grower. They cost from 

 ten to thirteen cents each in the flat. 



There are several kinds of packs, depending 

 on the size of the apples and the choice of the 

 grower. The diagonal pack with each apple 

 resting over the spaces between others is pref- 

 erable, but on account of the size of the apples 

 one Is often forced to use the straight pack 

 with the apples In regular right angle rows for 

 some sizes. The offset pack, first three (or 

 four) on one side and then on the other, is very 



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