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rather brisk demand at good prices, but it is not so good a 

 seller as the five-tier and seldom demands a better price. 

 The neatest pack of pears put on the market is the five- 

 tier pack, running 135 pears to the box, requiring fruit all 

 running close to 2| inches in diameter. 



For sake of uniformity the four-tier pear should be 

 packed with the 2-3 pack as shown 

 in Figure 83 a, and the five-tier and 

 six-tier with the 3-3 pack, shown in 

 Figure 836. The terms, "2-3," 

 "3-3," "5-6," etc., refer to the 

 number of fruits in adjacent rows, 

 either across the box or from end to 

 end. Packed in this way, the face 

 and sides show very few openings. 

 The buyer often opens the package 

 on the side, and he gets a bad im- 

 pression if he sees as many holes as 

 pears. As a matter of fact, if the 

 four-tier pears shown in Figure 83 a 

 were packed the 3-3 pack, the box 

 would contain more pears in spite of 



the large openings that would appear if the side of the 

 box was removed. The smallest five-tier pack allowed, 

 but one that is not encouraged, contains 180 pears, packed 

 3-3 across the box and 6-6 long; the next pack contains 

 165 pears, packed 5-6, long; the next 150 pears, the rows 

 5-5 long; and the largest, 135 pears, packed 4-5 long. 

 Occasionally we find such a five-tier pack as that shown in 

 Figure 84. This is packed five-tier, as is shown by a side 

 view of the box in Figure 85, but there are too many pears 



FIG. 84. Pears, Five-tier 

 Pack of Six-tier Grade. 



