170 



across the box. This pack inckides the 

 three, four and five-tier apples. It is very 

 neat in appearance, but rather severe, 

 as each apple tends to be pressed against 

 surrounding apples. The diagonal pack 

 is so termed because the apples run 

 diagonally with the edge of the box. Two 

 advantages of this pack are : First, it 

 accommodates sizes that do not adapt 

 themselves to the straight pack ; secondly, 

 there is less danger of the apples bruising 

 in transit, as they adjust themselves more 

 readily to the space in the box when pres- 

 sure is brought to bear. All two and one- 

 half, three and one-half and four and one- 

 half tier apples can be placed in the 

 diagonal pack. Growers in almost all th^ 

 prominent fruit sections are discouraging 



72, 80, 88; 3|-tier apples in the special,. 

 96, 104, 112, 120; 4-tier apples in the 

 standard, 96, 104, 112, 120 ; 4-tier apples in 

 the special, 128, 144; 4i-tier apples in the 

 standard, 150, 163, 175"; 4i-tier apples in 

 the special, 185, 200 ; 5-tier apples in the 

 special, 200, 225. Unless the apples have 

 been properly graded beforehand, no such 

 system of classification can be obtained. 

 " Very little trouble will be experi- 

 enced in starting the straight packs if the 

 apples have been graded properly. With 

 the 3-tier pack three apples are re- 

 quired to fill up the space across the 

 bottom of the box. There are also three 

 layers in depth. See the box designated 

 as 3-tier in the illustration. This photo- 

 graph shows the top layers of six boxes 



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Box Containing 54 Apples. Box Containing 56 Apples. 



the use of the straight pack on account of 

 the bruising of the apples. When the two 

 sizes of boxes are used all apples may be 

 packed diagonally. For instance, the 

 apples that would pack straight in the 

 special would pack diagonally in the 

 standard. The inside measurement of the 

 "Special" is 10x11x20 inches, and of the 

 "Standard" lOAxllAxlS inches. The num- 

 ber of apples that can be packed in each 

 box, according to the tier labelling, is as 

 follows : —3-tier apples in the standard, 

 45 to the box; 3-tier apples in the special, 

 54-63; 3j-tier apples in the standard, 64, 



packed by the various methods herein out- 

 lined. The 4-tier straight pack requires 

 four rows in width and four layers in 

 depth, while the 5-tier requires five rows 

 in width and five layers in depth. The 

 diagonal 2|-tier pack is started differently. 

 The first apple is placed in the middle of 

 the lower end of the box, and two apples 

 are pressed firmly in the places which are 

 left, as shown in the illustration. In this 

 style of pack there are two and a half 

 rows in width and three layers in depth. 

 This is not classed as a commercial pack, 

 for it is only used to accommodate very 



