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the face is to be the 2-3 or the 3-3 pack will depend on 

 the size of the fruit. Large fruit is sometimes packed the 

 2-2 pack. Figure 74 is a box of Gano faced with the 

 2-3 pack. The box shown in Figure 75 is faced with 

 the same apples except that a few of the larger ones had 

 to be replaced with smaller ones in order to make it 

 come out right with the 3-3 pack. 

 According to the size of the fruit, 

 the face should be packed to pre- 

 sent the neatest appearance, and 

 the face showing the fewer large 

 openings is generally considered the 

 neater. The straight pack as shown 

 in Figure 76 is sometimes used, but 

 it is too hard on the fruit, one apple 

 lying directly on top of the one in 

 the tier below. The second tier is 

 faced stem down as the first, and, 

 with the " diagonal" or "offset" 

 pack, is placed to cover the open- 

 ings in the first tier as is shown 

 by Figure 75. The remainder of the apples are put in 

 with the jumble pack, paying little attention to placing 

 them; they find their places. The box should be so filled 

 that when the bottom is pressed down and nailed on, the 

 box will appear as shown in Figure 77. So long as the 

 jumble pack is used, this bulge should be f inch to an 

 inch on both top and bottom. 



When the fruit is packed in tiers all the way through, a 

 box of different dimensions has come into use. The box 

 known as the " standard" in the Northwest has inside di- 



FIG. 76. Straight Pack. 



