PICKING, PACKING AND MARKETING 



or pears they carry, of a certain size, or tier. The box sizes named 

 here have been proved by long experience to be best. Do not let 

 any one tell you to use some odd size. Following is an expla- 

 nation of how many apples are in a box, by all the different 

 packs and with all sizes of fruit. In a standard box fruit 2% 

 inches in diameter makes a 4^-tier pack (a tier is a column 

 up and down, the length of the box); 2^ makes a 4j^-tier, 

 2^ a 4- tier, 3>i a sJi-tier, 3^ a 3-tier, 3^ and larger a 2^- 



tier. 



We recommend that growers use only the diagonal pack. 

 It is a little harder to learn, but is greatly superior, both in 

 efficiency and in looks, to the straight-packed boxes, which 

 are little better than barrels for carrying. Fruit in straight 

 packs will always bruise, and always will have to go into the 

 "slightly damaged" class. Of course, no fruit should ever be 

 put into boxes without definite system. Even facing a row on 

 top and bottom has been tried and abandoned. Therefore, the 

 figures given here refer to the diagonal system only. Any apple 

 packed in a barrel, unless with the greatest of care in handling 

 all the way, is a damaged specimen when it reaches the consumer. 

 A good box will deliver it almost perfect, therefore use boxes 

 whenever you can. 



NUMBERS OF APPLES IN BOXES, AND ARRANGEMENT. 



Number Size Number Number Number 



apples expressed rows apples layers Box 



in box in tiers wide Pack in row deep used 



52 2^ 2^ 2-2 4-4 4 Standard 



>8 2^ 3 2-2 4-5 4 Special 



3^ 2-2 4-4 4 Standard 



7 3% 3^2 2-2 4-5 4 Standard 



80 3^3 3^ 2-2 s-s 4 Standard 



88 3^ 3^ 2-2 5-6 4 Standard 



96 3^2 3% 2-2 6-6 4 Special 



104 $14 z l A 2-2 6-7 4 Special 



112 3^ 3M 2-2 7-7 4 Special 



120 3^ zY* 2-2 7-8 4 Standard 



150 4H 4^ 5-2 6-8 5 Standard 



163 43^ 4^ 3-2 6-7 5 Standard 



I7S 4^ 4^ 3-2 7-7 S Standard 



165 4H 4^ 3-2 7-8 5 Special 



200 4}^ 4^-5 3-2 8-8 5 Special 



Just how to arrange the apples for each pack is difficult to 

 describe, although it is learned easily by experience. The be- 

 ginner soon will discover that certain-sized apples fit best one 

 way, and others another way. This is the basis of all the systems. 

 For instance, with the four-and-a-half tier, 163 apple pack, the 

 bottom layer is started in the lower right-hand corner with 

 two apples, placed side by side. Not one back in the corner 

 and the other out, but both across^ the corner. In spaces be- 

 tween these apples, and at their sides, three more apples are 

 placed, ^ with a fourth at the left-hand end of this row. The 

 third diagonal row has five apples, in the spaces between and 

 alongside the four in the second row. This process is continued 

 till a full layer is made. As you pack, force the apples back 

 against the ones put in first. The second layer of this pack, 



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