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the box is to so arrange the fruit in each layer that the 

 layer will be a little higher in the middle than at the ends 

 in order to make the bulge to the sides and hold the fruit 

 in tightly to prevent bruising by shaking about. The mat- 

 ter of obtaining just the right kind of a bulge is one that 



The finished box of 4% -tier apples. 



must be learned by experience. It is obtained by using a 

 slightly larger apple in the middle than at the ends. It is 

 a common practice among professional packers to work 

 those apples which are slightly irregular In shape at the 

 ends of the boxes, turning each apple so that its shortest 

 diameter is up and down. Those fruits which are most 

 nearly circular will then be put in the middle of the box, 



