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dard package, and it is not likely that a uniform pack- 

 age, however desira- 

 ble, will be adopted. 

 The Florida pack- 

 ages in common use 

 are as follows: The 

 standard box and 

 standard half box 

 for sweet oranges 

 and pomelos, the 

 strap for mandarin 

 oranges, the stan- 

 dard box for lemons 

 (uniform with the 

 California box), the 

 16 or 24 quart car- 

 rier for kumquats 



and the Six-basket Fig - 91 - Kumc l ua ts packed in quart baskets. 



carrier sometimes used for limes. 



The Florida standard orange box should be so con- 

 structed as to contain exactly two cubic feet of fruit. It 

 does not, however, always do so, owing to slight variations 

 in the length of the sides and the thickness of the ends and 

 partition. The sides of the original box were 27 inches 

 long, and one-inch solid heads and partitions were used. 

 Seven-eighths-inch solid heads and partitions afterward 

 came into use and the length of the sides was reduced to 

 20 5-8 inches. Later the paneled heads and partitions came 

 into use. These vary somewhat in thickness, being about 

 1 or 1 1-0 inch thick, and the length of the sides has in 

 many cases, even with one-inch heads remained at 26 5-8 

 inches. Anything of this kind is a departure from the 

 standard measurements. Whatever changes may be made, 



