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in the rows; in other words, the fruit is too small for a five- 

 tier pack, and this package would be marked down to six- 

 tier by the inspector. Most of the pears in this box are 2^ 

 inches in diameter, but the pears of this variety are short, 

 and the box contains 210 pears. This fruit could have been 

 packed six-tier, 5-6 long, to good advantage. A 3-4 pack 

 is sometimes allowed on a six-tier pear, but it gives the 

 packer an opportunity to work in fruit 

 that is really too small. From the 135 

 five-tier pack we drop to the four-tier 

 packed 2-3 across the box and 5-6 

 long, the box containing 110 pears; 

 then to 5-5 long with 100 pears; 4-5 

 with 90 pears; and the largest size, 4-4 

 long with 80 pears. Larger pears are 

 generally packed some other style. 

 Occasionally we see a 6-6 four-tier, 

 the box containing 120 pears. While 

 such a pack is often passed by the 

 inspector, it is better to work such 

 fruit into a good five-tier pack. 



Possibly in a few cases it may be 

 necessary to vary from the styles of packs here given, in 

 order to make a neat-appearing package with odd-shaped 

 fruit. The main point is to see that the face and side do 

 not show large openings. If pears are carefully packed 

 with either the 2-3 or the 3-3 pack, one has no trouble 

 to secure the required weight. Growers often complain 

 that the boxes will not hold fifty pounds of fruit without 

 bursting the top or bottom, but if they will drop the 3-4 

 and the 4-4 packs, they will have no difficulty. 



FIG. 85. Side View 

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