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Grading, — The apples should be graded by an experienced 

 grader and placed on the packing table ready for the packer. A 

 mechanical grader, as shown in the illustration, is useful until 

 one is able to judge the size of an apple readily. The holes in 

 the grading board may be of the following diameters: 214., 2l^. 



I'i?. 67 —Methods of packiner apples in boxes. Numbors show order in 

 which first fruits are placed in the Imxes. At left A tier straisht 

 pack; at right, SU tier dia^'cnal pack. 



Fig. 68. — Handy board for prading- apples into sizes for packing^. The 

 figures in the ni)eninf?s show the diameter of the holes in inches, 

 while the figures below sbow the corresponding packs. 



