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Loading the cars. 



WTiatever the style of package used, it is of the utmost 

 importance that the individual containers be so placed in 

 the car that their positions do not change en route to des- 

 tination. It is as disastrous practically for a package to be 

 loose in its position as it is for individual fruits to be loose 

 within the package. In either case the fruit will be bruised 

 and ruined for market purposes. 



The type of package used will obviously influence the 

 manner in which a car is loaded, as will also, in respect to 

 certain details, the size of the car. 



In loading bushel baskets or Delaware baskets it is com- 

 monly advised to load from "end to end," that is, the first 

 packages are placed in a continuous row along the side of the 

 car opposite the entrance door and extending from one end 

 of the car to the other. A second row is similarly placed 

 adjacent to the first one following which a second tier may 

 be put in position corresponding to the first row. 



The position of the individual packages in the second tier 

 in relation to those in the first tier will depend on the way 

 they fit into the car. The placing of baskets in a car is 

 entirely comparable with the placing of individual fruits in 

 a Georgia carrier basket or in a box. The pack may be the 

 "straight" or "square," the "alternate," or the "offset." 



If the first is used, the packages are placed so that each one 

 is squarely against, or stands directly opposite, those adjacent 

 to it. In the alternate plan the packages overlap, each one 

 standing in the angle made by two adjoining packages in the 

 adjacent row, and each row has one less package, or one more, 

 as the case may be, than those on either side. In the offset 

 packing, the position of the packages with relation to each 

 other is substantially the same as in the alternate arrange- 



