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wool." This soft and elastic substance should be 

 placed inside the individual boxes to the thickness of 

 two or three inches. Then (the fruits having been 

 previously wrapped in squares of tissue paper suffi- 

 ciently large to admit of the ends being twisted 

 together immediately over the crowns of the indi- 

 vidual fruits) make an opening in the woodwool with 

 the fingers at the end left-hand side of box sufficiently 

 large to deposit a fruit therein, repeating the opera- 

 tion until the box is filled with fruit, being careful to 

 leave a partition of woodwool between each row of 

 fruit every way in packing in order to ensure the fruit 

 reaching its destination in perfect condition. Put a 

 sprinkling of the woodwool over the fruit thus packed 

 before fastening down the lid of the box. Shallower 

 boxes may be used for packing nectarines in as the 

 fruits are smaller than peaches. 



In packing peaches for market, strips of tissue 

 about three inches wide are used instead of square 

 pieces. These, being doubled, are wrapped two or 

 three times round the individual fruits half-way up, 

 and then deposited that depth in the woodwool, in 

 the manner indicated above. A double sheet of 

 tissue is then placed over the packed fruit, followed 

 by a layer of woodwool of the proper thickness to 

 admit of the lid shutting down closely on the box. 

 When peaches and nectarines so packed are offered 

 for sale in the market or shops, it is only necessary 



