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over their mates in the first layer, but not over the 

 cores of any apples in the second layer. 



"Nothing has been said of the various grades of 

 six-row apples, as they are too small to offer to the ap- 

 ple-eating public, though some pack and ship them to 

 the penny fruit stands. The top layers of the ap- 

 ples in any of the grades must be high enough that 

 when the cover is nailed on, the cover will touch each 

 and every apple in that layer and touch it hard enough 

 to compel every apple in the box to remain in touch 

 with its neighbor apple in the box, the walls of the 

 box itself, or both, as the case may be, throughout its 

 entire period of transportation. 



"When a box is finished packed the apples at the 

 end of the box must not be more than I inch above the 

 top of the box, while the center of the box should be 

 from i to 2 inches higher, so as to make a beautiful 

 curve for the top of the box, which helps to hold the 

 apples in the box together more snugly. Though 

 every person has not the gift for the making of a good 

 apple packer, most of them after a careful reading of 

 the above can after more or less practice succeed in 

 packing neatly and rapidly. But, remember, practice 

 makes perfect. In box apple packing rapidity and 

 perfection do not go hand in hand." 



APPLE STORAGE 



The storage of apples presents one of the largest 

 factors in the modern apple business, because the bulk 

 of the trade is with winter fruit, which is always 

 .stored for a greater or less period. Even from the 

 first there has been some storage. In olden days ap- 

 ples used to be stored in piles in the orchard, in pits in 



