Packing the Boxes 105 



The straight pack includes the three, four and five -tier 

 apples, and the rows of fruit run parallel to the sides of the 

 box. 



In the "straight" pack the apples are placed side by side 

 in rows, so that each apple rests directly on top of another. 

 In the "jumble" pack the first layer is faced, either straight 

 or diagonal, and the box then filled with apples in any 

 position they happen to lay. It is a rapid method of filling 

 boxes, but does not make a fancy package. 



The chief advantage of the diagonal pack is that it ac- 

 commodates the half tiers, such as the 8^2 and 4^ tier 

 apples, the rows of which seem to run diagonally to the 

 sides of the box. The "tier" in each instance not depend- 

 ing so much on the number of layers deep as the number 

 of layers wide. The 4 tier running 125 to the box, the 4J^ 

 and 5 tier have five layers. The 3^ and 4 tier have four 

 layers. The 4^ tier apple is a good example of half- 

 tier sizes, and consists of a size such that four apples will 

 not fit tightly in one row, and there is not room in the row 

 for five apples. So, to make it 4 l />, three apples are placed 

 in one row and two in the spaces between, so that in the 

 two rows there are five apples, and in fhe diagonal rows 

 there are five apples. 



This diagonal pack is meeting with much favor in the 

 sections where it is being used, as it is not so hard on the 

 apples as the straight pack. In the straight pack each fruit 

 rests directly upon one below it, while in the diagonal it 

 rests in the space between three or four. 



For fancy fruit it is the general custom to line the box 

 with white paper. The size of it being 18x24, so that two 

 sheets will line the box. It will be necessary to make a 

 double fold in the paper at the corner of box, in order to 

 prevent its being torn as the pressure causes the bottom to 

 bulge outward. The object in having this paper is to pro- 

 tect the fruit from dust and odors that may come through 

 the cracks in the bottoms and along the sides, and to add 

 to the appearance <of the package. 



In some sections it is the custom to wrap each apple 

 with paper as it is being placed in the box, and to put a 



