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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



Fi},'- -S. Clamp Nailing I'ress Completed. 



PACKING ACCESSORIES 

 Lining Paper 



This is used in all boxes of the better 

 grades of fall and winter apples, and of 

 the poorest grade where the apples are 

 not wrapped. It is used both for the 

 sake of an impression upon the consumer 

 and the effect upon the apples. Its pres- 

 ence indicates care in the preparation 

 of the product. It keeps out dust; also 

 where apples are not wrapped, it prevents 

 their becoming scratched against the 

 rough sides of the box. The quality used 

 is usually that termed "white news." 

 White has become the symbol of sanita- 

 tion and the American people prefer it. 

 The size of the sheets for the Northwest 

 standard box is 17i^x26 inches; the size 

 for the special box, 1914x26 inches; that 

 for the Colorado box, 18ijx28 inches. Two 

 sheets are used for each box, the ends 

 of the box to remain bare. This "will 

 allow for a generous overlapping on both 

 top and bottom, and also allow for a pleat 

 to be made on the bottom corners. The 

 pleat is very essential, as it allows for the 

 bulge when the box is nailed. To make 

 this pleat catch the paper on the ends, 

 thus making a fold, draw the paper 

 quickly over the knee, thus creasing it. 

 This crease is generally made about six 

 inches from the end. These pleats will 

 fit in the corners nicely." * Instead of 

 making these pleats many prefer to push 

 the paper a little way through the cracks 

 in the bottom corners of the box to serve 

 the same purpose. 



• C. I. Lewis. Hoi'ticulturist, Oregon Asri- 

 cultural Experiment Station ; Better Fruit. 



AiiKust. mn. 



Cardboard 



This is of light weight, soft, and of an 

 absorbent nature, usually blue or green in 

 color, though the uncolored makes a bet- 

 ter looking box. Its size is about one- 

 half inch smaller than the dimensions of 

 the box. It is usually placed only in the 

 bottom and top of the box, and on the 

 inside of the lining papei\ It acts as a 

 deterrent against bruises, and as another 

 factor toward a good impression upon the 

 consumer. Some growers, dealers and as- 

 sociations use these sheets upon which to 

 advertise. They also furnish a place to 

 print the season at which the apples in the 

 box are to be eaten. In some districts, no- 

 tably Hood River, cardboard is also placed 

 between the layers of apples. Mr. C. I. 

 Lewis, Oregon Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, states thus the arguments for the 

 use of cardboards between layers: "They 

 act as pads and tend to lessen the danger 

 from skin slipping; they soak up the extra 

 moisture which may gather from sweat- 

 ing or bruising, and help to confine the 

 decaying fruit so that it will not spread 

 through the entire package, and, more- 

 over, aid to convey to the buyer the 

 thought that he has a superior article." * 

 Consumers are beginning to object, how- 

 ever, that this anxiety of the Northwest 

 fruitgrower to convince as to the quality 



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Bar Nailing Press. 



' Better Fruit. September. 1911. 



