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different in design that it is neither possible nor necessary to 

 describe them in detail. A building that protects the workers 

 from the elements and affords conveniences in packing serves 

 the purpose. Such a packing-house, which is often located in 

 the vineyard, should be well lighted, should be connected with 

 the storage-room for baskets and should have advantages for 

 delivering the packages from the storage-room to the packing- 

 room and from the packing-room to the shipping-room. Its 

 size will depend on the quantities of grapes to be packed. The 

 house must be built so that it can be kept clean and sweet. 



Every packing-house, whatever the design, must be furnished 

 with tables for holding the trays while the fruit is being packed. 

 Usually these tables are so made that the picking trays are set 



before the packers 

 on an inclined table. 

 The packer transfers 

 the grapes from the 

 trays into the bas- 

 kets in which the 

 fruit is to be sold. 

 The trays of grapes 

 as they come from 

 the field are set be- 

 fore the packers 

 either in front or a 

 little to the right of 

 the worker, who then 

 packs the fruit into 

 the basket from the left. As the baskets are filled, they are 

 placed on a flat ledge or shelf in front of the packer and are 

 then taken off by an attendant. Empty baskets are usually 

 held in store on a higher shelf convenient to the packer and 

 from time to time are replenished by the attendant. Figure 46 

 shows a packing-table of the kind just described. Sometimes 



FIG. 46. Packing grapes on a packing-table. 



