HARVESTING AND STORING 



much like the diagonal, but not much used on 

 account of its accommodating too few apples 

 in a box. The following table gives the packs, 

 number of rows, number of apples in the row, 

 box to use, and number of apples used to the 

 box, as used at Hood River, Oregon: 



It is good practice to wrap apples packed in 

 boxes. For this purpose a heavy-weight tis- 

 sue paper in two sizes, 8 by 10 and 10 by 10, 

 according to the size of the apple, is used. A 

 lining paper 18 by 24 in size and " white news " 

 in grade is first placed in the box. Between 

 the layers of apples a colored " tagboard " 



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