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MODERN FRUIT MARKETING 



Fig. 71a. BOX PRESS USED IN CANADA 



package. In other 

 cases, each grow- 

 er has his own 

 packing -house 

 and the organiza- 

 tion sends out a 

 corps cff packers 

 to do the work for 

 him. In such 

 cases the grower 

 i s expected t o 

 provide all the 

 boxes and wrap- 

 ping material, to 

 grade the fruit, 

 and when every- 

 thing is ready, he notifies the organization and they then 



arrange to pack the fruit. 



A crew of packers consists of four men under the 



supervision of a foreman. They go to the packing-house 



of the grower and proceed to pack the fruit. Each 



packer is expected 



to place his own 



box in position, 



put in the liner and 



do the wrapping 



and filling in. He 



is not supposed to 



pay any attention 



to bruises or worms 



or anything that 



ought to have been Fig. 7i&, WESTERN BOX PRESS 



