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hand side of the box. * Next place three 

 apples in the three spaces. The six 

 apples will be of such a size that the 

 latter three will not slip over half way 

 into the spaces. Repeat, placing the ap- 

 ples in the same relative position as the 

 first six until the upper head of the box 

 is reached. The first, third and fifth rows, 

 counting from either side, may end with 

 an apple touching the upper head of the 

 box, in which case the second, fourth and 

 sixth each ends with a space. Begin the 

 second layer by placing an apple over 

 each of the spaces left in the first layer 

 against the lower head of the box. Con- 

 tinue as In the first layer. Each apple 

 fits directly above a space or interstice 

 below. Six layers of the three-three pack 

 fill the box. The number of apples in 

 the box is determined by counting the 

 apples in the top layer and multiplying 

 the number by six, the number of layers. 

 The only counts of the three-three pack 

 now used, with the length of rows in 

 each are: 198, 6-5; 216, 6-6: 234, 7-6; 252, 

 7-7. The value of the three-three pack 

 for apples which are long in shape and 

 which will come both loose crosswise and 

 low when packed three-two, 200, 213, 225, 

 is not sufficiently appreciated by some 

 districts of the Northwest. It is only 

 occasionally found profitable to pack ap- 

 ples smaller than 198 or 200. 



Offset and Square Packs 



These are now chiefly of historical in- 

 terest, having been discarded because both 

 objectionable and unnecessary, as previ- 

 ously stated. Sizes of the three-three off- 



set pack, containing four layers, were 

 72, 84, 96. A three-three offset pack is 

 illustrated in Fig. 32. Sizes of the four- 

 four offset pack, containing five layers, 

 were 160 and 180. Sizes of the square 

 pack, with the length of row and the 

 depth, are as follows: Three layers: 

 45, five in rows,; 56. six in rows. Four 

 layers: 96, six in rows; 112, seven in 

 rows; 128, eight in rows. Five layers: 

 200, eight in rows; 225, nine in rows. In 

 the special box 63 apples, seven apples to 



* The three- three pack is besiin In the same 

 way as the offset, except that the apples are 

 much smaller and that the stems are all 

 pointed one way. See Fig. 32. 



Fig. ?,2. Offset Pack, 96 Apples, Obsolete. 

 Fig. 33. Square Pack, Obsolete. 



the row, three layers; also 144 apples, 

 nine to the row, four layers, can be 

 packed. 



Packs for the "Colorado" Box 



The "Colorado" box, being of a dif- 

 ferent shape and size from the Northwest 

 standard, accommodates a different list of 

 counts, modified by the Colorado cus- 

 tom of packing the apples always flat. 

 The following tables are taken from the 

 grading and packing rules and instruc- 

 tions of the Grand Junction Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Association for the season of 1912: 



LoniJ Apples 



All apples of the varieties following may be termed "long apples," and should 

 be packed as per following formulas: Gano, Ben Davis, White Winter Pearmain, 

 Bellfiower, etc. 



