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Two-two Pack, 56 at Left, 96 at 

 Right. 



side of the box, then a third and a fourth 

 in the two remaining spaces. The apples 

 will be of such a size that the third and 

 fourth will not slip over halfway into these 

 spaces. Repeat placing the apples in the 

 same relative position as the first four 

 until the upper head of the box is reached. 

 The first and third rows, counting from 

 either side, may end with an apple touch- 

 ing the upper head of the box. and the 

 second and the fourth with a space. Be- 

 gin the second layer by placing an apple 

 over each of the spaces against the lower 

 end of the box in the first layer. Place 

 the next two apples in the spaces made 

 by these. The four will be of such a size 

 that the second two will not slip into 

 these spaces over half their length. The 

 apples in the second layer and in each 



Fig. 2!(. Method iif Startlns the Twu-twu 

 Pack (at right) and Three-two Pack (at 

 left). 



succeeding layer, fit directly over the 

 interstice between two apples underneath; 

 except the end apples, which fit over the 

 space between an apple and the head of 

 the box. Four layers of the two-two 

 pack fill the box. Each contains the 

 same number of apples. The number of 

 apples in the box is determined by count- 

 ing the number in the top layer and mul- 

 tiplying by four, the number of layers. 



The following are the counts of the two- 

 two pack, with the length of rows in 

 each: 48, 3-3; 56, 4-3; 64, 4-4; 72, 5-4; 

 80, 5-5; 88, 6-5; 96, 6-6; 104, 7-6; 112, 7-7; 

 120, 8-7. Extremely flat apples are re- 

 quired for counts 112 and 120. To decide 

 whether a certain size of apple should be 

 packed into the two-two or into the three- 

 two pack, try to place four of the apples 

 cheek to cheek crosswise of the box. If 

 the apples are so large that there is not 

 room for four of them in the row, the ap- 

 ples are to be packed two-two. If four 

 of them fit across snugly, or If they are 

 so small that four of them do not reach 

 across, they are to be packed three-two. 



Tbree-Two Pack 



To begin the three-two pack, place an 

 apple in the lower left hand corner of 

 the box, then one in the lower right hand 

 corner, then a third equidistant between 

 the two. Then place an apple in each of 

 the two remaining spaces. All five will 

 be of such a size that the last two will 

 not slip over half way into the spaces. 

 Repeat, placing the apples in the same 

 relative position as the first five until the 

 upper head of the box is reached. Begin 

 the second layer by placing an apple over 

 each of the two spaces left in the bottom 

 layer against the lower head of the box. 

 Place the next three in the space between 

 these two and the two spaces on either 

 side of them between them and the sides 

 of the box. The five will be of such a 

 size that the last three will not slip over 

 half way into the space. The apples in 

 the second layer and in each succeeding 

 layer fit directly over interstices in the 

 layer underneath. Five layers of the 

 three-two pack fill the box. 



1. When the outer rows and the middle 

 row of a layer touch one head of the 



