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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



September, igi 



Four of the Principal Four and a Half Tier Packs. — Fig. 4. 



on the right is read as a two and three, 

 four and five, and that on the lel'i -is 

 two and three, five and five. The pack 

 in the middle is the smallest two and two 

 — two and two, seven and eight, one 

 hundred and twenty, being a size inter- 

 mediate between those on either side of 

 it. With very flat apples of the same 

 diameter, it is possible to pack a two 

 and two, eight and eight, one hundred 

 and twenty-eight, but this is very rare 

 in the Canadian box. All the apples in 

 figures two and three are rightly styled 

 four-tier, despite the fact that they run 

 both four and five tiers deep. This 

 makes the absurdity of designation by 

 ' tiers apparent. The general adoption of 

 diagonal packs is hastening the day 

 when on all boxes will be marked the 

 number of apples they contain. 



The two and three pack on the right 

 in illustration four is a five and six, and 

 runs one hundred and thirty-eight apples 

 to the box. It is the next step above 

 the one hundred and twenty-five in fig- 

 ure three. The second box from the right 

 is a two and three, six and six, which 

 has thirty apples on the top layer, and 

 therefore one hundred and fifty in the 

 box. The next one to the left is one size 

 smaller, it being a two and three, six 

 and seven, containing one hundred and 

 sixty-three apples, while that on the ex- 

 treme left is a two and three, seven and 

 seven, running one hundred and seventy- 

 five. These are the principal four and 

 a half tier sizes. The two and three 

 pack, running seven and eight, contains 

 one hundred and eighty-eight, and the 

 two and three, eight and eight, contains 

 two hundred, the two and three, eight 

 and nine, two hundred and, thirteen, and 

 the two and three, nine jknd nine, two 



hundred and thirty-five. All packs one 

 hundred and eighty-eight and over are 

 styled five tier. All between one hun- 

 dred and thirty-eight and one hundred 

 and seventy-five are four tier. All from 

 ninety-six to one hundred and twenty- 

 eight are four tier, and all from fifty-six 

 to eighty-eight are styled three and a 

 half tier, while fifty-four down to thirty- 

 six are three tier. 



It will be noted that in the two and 

 two tier packs, there is a uniform in- 

 crease of eight apples per box, as the 

 sizes decrease. In the two and three 

 packs there is an increase in the number 

 of apples of twelve and thirteen alter- 

 nately. A study of these packs and the 

 comments on them will make plain the 

 principle of the diagonal pack. 



Commercial Box Packing 



Uobert Thompson, Manager St. Catharines Cold Storage and Forwarding Co. 



IN dealing with this subject I shall en- 

 deavor to do so from the commercial 

 standpoint. We read and hear a great 

 deal about the fact that in Ontario no 

 great quantity of our fruit is packed in 

 boxes . While this is true, there are rea- 

 sons to account for it, the main one be- 

 ing that our people in Ontario and (Que- 

 bec are not prepared to pay the extra 

 cost of packages and packing. Another 

 reason is that they get such large quan- 

 tities of the best fruit in baskets and 



barrels that they do not require the boxes 

 except on rare occasions. The fruit 

 dealers as a rule do not encourage pack- 

 ing and shipping in boxes. 



We must remember that western fruit 

 has to be transported long distances, 

 that it must be securely packed in strong 

 packages, and that it is of such a nature 

 as will stand longer delays. Ontario 

 tender fruits, on the contrary, have to 

 be placed in the consumer's hands in the 



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The "Straight Pack." Figs. 1 and 2 



These packs give 128 and 144 apples lo the pack 



The "Offset" Pack. Figure 3 



