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The Principles of Fruit-growing 



a slight pressing would bruise the fruit. For a few sizes of apples one 

 is forced to use the straight pack. 



The following table, used at Hood River, Oregon, in the fall of 

 1910, gives the pack, number of rows, number of apples in the row, 

 box to use, and number of apples in the box. The table is taken 

 from an article written by Professor Claude I. Lewis, and published 

 in "Better Fruit," September, 1910: 



TABLE OF COMMERCIAL Box PACKS 



In packing it is not difficult to come out even on top at the ends. 

 The height of the box is planned for this, and one need pay very little 

 attention to it. The packer, however, must plan to secure the proper 

 bulge, which should be about 1J/2 inches at the center. He should 

 begin the bulge with the first or second layer, and may proceed in 

 several ways. A natural and common way is to choose for the center 

 of the box apples which are a little larger or thicker than the apples 

 at the ends. Or, in case of flat apples, the packer may pack them on 

 end at the ends of the box and on the side at the center. With prac- 

 tice the proper bulge seems to come naturally, and the packers have 

 very little difficulty with it. 



Whether the apples are packed on the end or the side will depend 



