Packing and Grading the Fruit 



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corner over the neck of the pear with the left thumb, catch 

 it with the first finger of the right hand, with the other 

 fingers of this hand clasping the base of the pear give it a 

 twist to the right, wrapping the paper about the neck in a 

 neat cone-shape, and complete the process by gathering 

 the loose corners of the paper in the right hand and folding 

 them under the pear. Wrapped 

 in this way, the pear will appear 

 as shown in Figure 86. Others 

 wrap more quickly possibly by 

 placing the pear diagonally across 

 the paper near the center, gather- 

 ing the corners together about the 

 base, and with a twist to the 

 right, wrap the other loose corners 

 about the neck. This makes a 

 very neat wrap when one learns 

 how to make it. Short stubby 

 pears are difficult to wrap, but 

 one can generally find some neat 

 way. Be sure to have paper 

 large enough. Packers always wrap with the rough side 

 of the paper to the pear. 



In packing the box is placed in front of the packer with 

 the farther end slightly raised. The first pear is placed 

 in one of the lower corners of the box, and the other two 

 pears in this first row are placed according to the pack. 

 If it is to be a four-tier, one is placed in each corner and one 

 in the center; if a five-tier, the other two are evenly spaced 

 between the first pear and the opposite edge of the box, 

 leaving as much space between the last pear and the side 



FIG. 86. Wrapping Pears. 

 First, place Pear in One 

 Corner of Paper; a Twist 

 to the Right and a Cone- 

 shaped Package results. 



