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not essential but it is a good thing. To wrap apples proper- 

 ly takes some skill and some practice. The paper for 

 wrapping should be ten inches by ten inches or ten inches 

 by eight inches. Waxed paper should be used only when 

 the apples are to be in the boxes for some time, as for 

 export. If the apples are properly packed there is not 

 much need for wrapping but it prevents spread of decay 

 through the box and, what is of more importance, the 

 waxed paper checks evaporation, keeps the fruit at a more 

 even temperature and adds to the appearance of the pack- 

 age. There may be some device giving the name and ad- 

 dress on the wrapping paper. It is easier to make a good 

 package when the apples are wrapped, because the wrap- 

 ping makes a cushion. It is also an advantage if the ap- 

 ples are put in storage as it takes a longer time for them 

 to cool. 



METHOD OF PACKING THE BOXES 



The boxes must be placed on a slight slope. The first 

 layer of apples ought to be stemmed; they are put in face 

 down; there are several types of packing which I will il- 

 lustrate ; there is the straight pack, the offset and the diag- 

 onal pack. The straight pack : Put the apples in a row 

 p<jross the bottom of the box, another row next to that and 

 so on, another layer on top of the first layer. If you get 

 in the bottom layer right, the box can be set up on end and 

 the layer -will not fall out. This is the simplest pack. 

 You must have three or four or five apples across the bot- 

 tom. Another trouble will come in filling the box up just 

 to the top. Care should be taken to get a proper crown 

 or bulge. This should be about one to one and one-half 

 inches and is secured by packing the long apples in tfie 

 middle of the box. 



The offset pack is going out of use. Put three apples 

 in the first row and then three apples in the second al- 

 ternating with those in the firs^-. The next layer alternates 

 with the first layer. This pack is not to be recommended. 



In the diagonal pack, place one in each corner and one 

 in the middle. In the next row the apples are placed op- 

 posite the spaces. 



The straight pack is the one to be recommended. 



It is essential that the boxes be packed in perfect order 

 and in order to do that, the apples must be graded accu- 



