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Chapter 22 



Veneer crates. — Sweetgum, black tupelo, and magnolia are commercially 

 peeled to provide Vs- and 1/6-inch veneer for stapled crates (fig. 22-44) to hold 

 citrus fruit. Kurtenacker and Skidmore (1947) found that water oak veneer in 

 these thicknesses is also suitable for such crates. 



For a period following World War II, wire-bound veneer boxes and crates 

 were manufactured in large quantities at many locations. They also, however, 

 have lost ground to the corrugated box. Readers needing information on specifi- 

 cations and design of wirebound crates are referred to the bibliographic listings '^ 

 periodically published by the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wis. 



Paper-overlayed veneer. — For produce containers requiring more strength 

 than corrugated paper construction provides, veneer overlayed on both sides 

 with kraft paper can be used (Anonymous 1976b). Boxes made of this composite 

 material are resistant to moisture and strong enough to stack even when exposed 

 to moisture. Readers interested in the manufacture and properties of paper- 

 overlayed veneer are referred to Mohaupt (1959) and Clark (1954, 1955). 

 Federal Specification PPP-V-205, obtainable from General Services Adminis- 

 tration, applies to veneer, paper-overlaid, container grade. It would seem that 

 short bolts of small pine-site hardwoods, converted to veneer by the procedure 

 illustrated in figure 18-252, could provide an economical substrate for paper 

 overlay. 



Figure 22-44. — A wire-bound lettuce crate made of Vs-inch black tupelo veneer. 



