PACKING APPLES IN BOXES 



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A good type of packing table for boxes is shown in Figure 

 132. It is more shallow and holds fewer apples than the table 

 used for barrels and there is a rack or shelf at one end to hold 

 the box in a slightly slanting position while it is being filled. 

 There should also be a hood for holding the wraps. A con- 

 venient type, made of galvanized sheet iron, is shown on the 

 left-hand side of the packed box in Figure 132. 



Fig. 137. — Diagram showing the arrangement of apples in the first, third and fifth layers 

 of a 3-2 box of apples with ISS apples in the box. 



FiQ. 138. — Diagram showing the arrangement of apples in the second and fourth layers 

 of a 3-2 box of apples with 188 apples in the box. 



Most boxed apples should be wrapped, and various kinds of 

 tissue and other light papers are used for the purpose. If they 

 can be printed, at least for the top and bottom layers, so much 

 the better. The principal advantages of wrapping the apples 

 are that the wraps act as a padding, preventing bruises and 

 enabling the operator to pack the fruit more tightly; that they 

 prevent the germs of rots being transferred from one apple to 

 another and that they prolong the life of the apples. Wraps 

 axe used in varying sizes, according to the size of the apples to 



