APPLES 



373 



Cost of box S 



Making box 



Paper 



Nails 



Nailing up 



Packing and sorting 



Overhead expense i 



Apple 



.125 



.009 



.0075 



.005 



.0063 



.055 



.01 



Pear 



.1125 



.009 



.0188 



.005 



.0063 



.055 



.04 



Peach 



.0725 



.006 



.0125 



.0035 



.0042 



.0275 



.02 



The average between the cost of putting up apples, also pears and peaches, in the 

 two largest fruit growing districts in the State of Washington, as given (in one case 

 unofficially) by the chief co-operative association operating in each district is itemized 

 in the following table: 



In addition to this is an overhead ex- 

 pense varying greatly with conditions. 

 Most of the above items in each table 

 must necessarily be but approximately cor- 

 rect, and will vary from year to year. On 

 an average, 50 pounds of wrapping pa- 

 per are required for one 100 packed 

 boxes, seven pounds of lining paper and 

 16 pounds of cardboard. 



Of course in any case the problem of 

 packing house management is one deal- 

 ing more or less with the fact of per- 

 sonality, and the success or failure of 

 any one system or method depends in a 



large measure upon the character of the 

 directors and overseers as well as of the 

 workers themselves. 



jrDGI>G AT APPLE SHOWS 



Judging apples at the fruit exhibitions 

 is one ot the important features of the 

 fruit business, since it is by this means, 

 or through this channel, that many grow- 

 ers receive education and obtain their 

 ideals of what constitutes proper grading, 

 and estimates of the relative value of 

 fruits when judged by a perfect standard. 



Of course, we understand that the word 



