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CITRUS FRUITS AND THEIR CULTURE. 



Packing Diagrams. That the fruit may exactly fill 

 the box it must not only be properly sized, but each fruit- 

 must be placed in position in the box according to a defi- 

 nite arrangement. These arrangements are commonly 

 referred to as diagrams. Each layer contains a certain 

 number of fruit placed in position. The fruit in the next 

 layer above should never rest directly upon the individ- 

 ual fruits in the layer below, but should be placed so as 

 to come between two or more fruits with a tendency to 

 spread them. With the fruit placed so that the spaces or 

 joints are broken, the contents of the box are solidly 

 packed and yet, retain a certain amount of elasticity. 



The following tables give the size of the fruit, the 

 number of layers, their arrangement and the number of 

 fruits in each layer for the packing systems now com- 

 monly used in Florida and California: 



FLORIDA SWEET ORANGE PACKS. 



