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tor's right and the tissue on his left, with the 

 box directly in front. In this way he can pick 

 up his wrapper without looking at it and with 

 his right hand can select the particular fruit 

 that he desires for his next operation. It is a 

 case where one must not let his right hand 

 know what his left hand is doing. Also a rub- 

 ber thumb cott on the left hand will solve the 

 difficulty of picking up a single sheet of tissue 

 at a time. Holding the tissue in the left hand 

 the worker places the apple in the center of it 

 with the stem end upward. The four corners 

 are then quickly folded over the stem with a 

 slight twist and the fruit is placed in the box 

 stem end down. This brings all of the folds 

 over the stem in such a way that there is no 

 chance for the stem of one apple to injure the 

 skin of another. 



It will readily be seen that box packages are 

 more expensive to put up than are barrels, but 

 there are many advantages in such a package 

 and if the eastern growers as a class ever de- 

 cide to go into this field seriously they will find 

 that the extra expense will bring a profit that 

 will make the trouble worth while. But as I 

 said before box apples originate away back in 

 the orchard. 



In the last few seasons the bushel basket 

 has been quite a factor in apple packing 

 and may reasonably become a still more im- 



