TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING. 



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packer grades them, and the packer charges it up to the 

 grower at the rate of five cents a box. 



Now in packing into the box you see I put an apple in 

 each corner and one in the center, three, and then two like 

 that. There are no vacant spaces, and every apple in there 

 is just the same. We use the same size all through the box, 

 and with the bulge it makes it impossible for the apples to 

 rub or cause any bruising. In the packing we keep forcing 

 the apples as much as possible to the center, and we naturally 

 make the bulge by forcing to the center. After vou get your 

 layer in on the bottom then it is covered with paper. Use 

 paper between every layer. Putting in the paper helps to 

 protect the fruit, because it keeps the upper layers from com- 

 ing in contact with those beneath. The paper in the box 

 pays for itself. 



A Member : Is there any particular paper that you use ? 



Mr. Castner: Yes sir. this particular paper is a paper 

 manufactured at Holyoke, Massachusetts. It is a little heav- 

 ier than the orange paper. That is the kind that we use most 

 of out there. 



Now you see I have got that box full. 



A ^Member: Will the cover go on there now? 



Mr. Castner : Yes sir. We always pack the box full 

 like that, and the cover will nail on, and as the box is made 

 the bulge will make sufficient space so that those apples will 

 not be h^'i-iised at all. 



A Member : What is the price of that standard box ? 



Mr. Castner : In the West it costs us about ten cents. 

 I do not know what the price is here. Perhaps they are a 

 little cheaper out there than they are here. I think they can 

 be put up here for twelve or fourteen cents, maybe less. 1 

 know that Air, Marshall, of Massachusetts, gets them in car- 

 load lots. 



A ]\Iember : Do you put them in those wrappers all the 

 time ? 



]\Ir. Castxf.r: Yes sir. After the box is filled then we 



