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GRADING AND PACKING 



be packed, but the 9 by 9 inch size will be found most useful. 

 There should also be layer-papers, made of heavy cardboard in 

 sheets 11 by liy^ inches, to be used between the layers of apples; 

 and also lining papers, which are sheets 17yo by 36 inches, of 

 ordinary wrapping paper or a similar weight. These are for 

 lining the boxes. 



It is difficult and probably impossible to give sufficiently ex- 

 plicit directions for the actual packing of the box, so that one 

 who is unfamiliar with the operation can become an expert. In 

 box packing we are all of us Missou- 

 rians to the extent of ''needing to be 

 shown," but it is hoped that with the 

 help of the diagrams (Figs. 133-139) 

 anyone can get a start in the work. 



There are many different plans or 

 "packs" in boxing apples, but they 

 may practically all be classified under 

 two heads, the ''straight" and the 

 "diagonal." There is a, third type of 

 pack, known as the "offset pack," 

 which differs from the diagonal 

 slightly; but it is not very generally 

 used, and will be omitted from our brief 

 discussion. As a matter of fact, the 

 straight pack is now rarely used, as it 

 bruises the apples much more than the 

 diagonal. Most of the diagonal packs are 

 either "three-two" or "two-two." 

 In starting the first layer of the three-two pack, place an apple 

 in the lower right-hand comer, the second one in the lower left- 

 hand comer and the third half way between these two. This 

 leaves two spaces, one on either side of the middle apple, and 

 the fourth and fifth apples are slipped into these spaces. This, 

 again, leaves three spaces, in which three apples are placed; 

 and so on, until the layer is completed. The method of starting 

 this pack is shown in Figure 134. The second layer is started 

 by putting an apple over each of the spaces between the apples 



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Fia. 139. — Diagram showing 

 the "straight" pack. This pack 

 is no w little used , as i t bruises the 

 apples more than any other pack. 



