100 APPLE GROWING IN CALIFORNIA. 



followed by every section where apples are produced commercially. 

 Surh wrapping not only facilitates the work of packing, but enables 

 one to put up a much firmer pack and one less subject to bruising in 

 boxing and during transportation than could otherwise be possible. The 

 keeping qualities of the fruit are no doubt enhanced to a marked degree. 

 Tasteful designs or trade marks may be placed on these wrappers, as 

 well as the name of grower and locality, thus adding greatly to the 

 attractiveness of the pack. 



Fig. 53 shows three boxes of excellent Yellow Bellflowers grown and 

 packed by Rodgers Bros, of Watsonville. This picture illustrates nicely 

 the diagonal pack and shows the three sizes, viz : 3^, 4 and 4^ tier. 



The pack, \vhen made, should be so firm that each apple is held fast 

 by another, and none have any room for play. When covered and 



Fig. 54. A well packed box of apples with a top bulge of I inch. (Original) 



nailed there should be a bulge of at least !| inch on the top and a slightly 

 lesser amount on the bottom. (See Fig. 54.) 



Tasty lithographed labels of various designs are used on the ends of 

 boxes, and such should result in the best kind of advertising for the 

 grow r er. When the trade learns a label and knows that the man who 

 uses it always exercises the greatest care in packing his fruit, it may be 

 the means of securing for him a good market. On the other hand, 

 such labels may have the opposite tendency and work injury to the 

 man who persists in packing undesirable fruit and misrepresenting il 

 by the label. 



Special Packages. 



While practically all of the fancy California apples are wrapped and 

 packed in two sized boxes, viz: the California box and the Oregon box, 

 there is a certain limited demand, at least, for a smaller package, such 



