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Wrapping Paper. Wrapping paper in the East can be 

 purchased at a wholesale paper store. Either light Manila 

 wrapper cr white newspaper grade may be used. 11ie grower 

 should have two sizes at hand, some 8 inches by 10 inches, 

 and some 10 inches by 10 inches. The approximate cost of 

 this paper is 30 cents per thousand sheets. 



LixiX(; Pai'KK. The lining paper is made from news- 

 paper stock, size 18 inches by 24 inches. Appro.ximate cost 

 $1.15 per thousand sheets. 



Layer Paper. In some cases it is necessary to use layer 

 paper to raise the height of the pack a little, in order to come 

 out right at the top. The grade of paper for this purpose is 

 colored tagboard. The size is \7\ inches by 11 inches or 20 

 inches by 9^ inches, according to the box. The approximate 

 cost is $7.50 per thousand sheets. 



Packing. Before placing the apples on the packing table 

 they are usually graded into dift'erent sizes. This facilitates 

 very much the work of the packers. A sizer of this kind can 

 be used at the beginning, but one soon trains the eye to re- 

 cognize the sizes. Every apple is wrapped. The operation 

 is simple and easy and a matter of "knack" and practice. The 

 wrapped apple is then placed sinigly in its position in the box. 

 Several different kinds of packs are used, the most connnon 

 and best being the diagonal pack, as you see here. Another 

 kind of pack, less desirable, but quite commonly used, is the 

 straight pack. In order to give you definitely the make-up of 

 these packs I have had them printed in the circular. These 

 are the different sizes, number of rows, number of apples per 

 row, and th.e different size boxes, as used in Hood River this 

 fall. 



The height of the box is so adapted to these packs that 

 •one comes out at the proper height very easil\-. It is neces- 

 sary for the packer, however, to get the proper bulge. This 

 is done by choosing a slightly thicker apple for the center of 

 the box, or in the case of a flat apple, io turn it on its end at 

 the ends of the box. When the box is full the bulge in the 

 center should be about one and one-half inches, and at the 



