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Fruit-growing in Arid Regions 



These three grades are packed in the 4-, 4^-, and 5-inch 

 boxes respectively. Occasionally a smaller grade, known 

 as "pies," is packed unwrapped and shipped to near-by 

 markets, but as a rule it will not pay to ship such fruit. 

 _ _ m The years when the 



grower really gets prof- 

 itable returns from 

 108's are the exception 

 rather than the rule. 

 Extras sometimes run 

 as low as 40 to the 

 box, but such fruit is 

 too large to be widely 

 popular; probably the 

 most popular size is 

 the extra running 

 from 70 to 80 to the 

 box. 



Most peaches are 

 graded by hand, and 

 there seems to be little 

 promise of finding a 

 more satisfactory sys- 

 ^m. The packers 

 grade the fruit as they 

 pack. They have the three boxes for the three marketable 

 grades before them and a cull box at one side for the 

 remainder. Experienced packers are able to grade by 

 eye, and inexperienced packers are furnished gauges to go 

 by until they learn. Peaches that grade extra must not 

 run less than 2-J- inches in diameter, fancy from 2J to 2J, 

 and choice from 2 to 2. 



FIG. si. Peaches, 4-5 Pack. 



