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of the first apple and the opposite side of the box. The 

 next two apples are placed into the equal spaces formed by 

 the first two apples. The operation of placing two apples 

 in the cavities left by the last two apples should be con- 

 tinued until the end of the box is reached. The layer of 

 apples should be pulled down towards the packer, which will 

 then leave sufiicient space to insert two more apples. These 

 last two apples will cause all the others to become firm in the 

 box. If the apples are of such a size that layer papers are 

 necessary to raise the height of the apples, a paper is inserted 

 after the first layer is complete. The second layer in the 

 box is packed in the same way, except that the first apple is 

 placed in the lower right corner. This means that all the 

 apples in this layer are placed in the pockets formed by the 

 apples in the first layer, and that when the box is nailed 

 no apple will be bearing the entire weight of any other apple. 

 Each succeeding layer is packed in the same way, being care- 

 ful that' each layer is started so that the apples will be in the 

 pockets formed by the apples of the preceding layer. 



The 3-2 pack is very similar to the preceding 2-2 pack, ex- 

 cept that three apples are used in alternate rows instead of 

 two. This means that the 3-2 pack requires a much smaller 

 apple. This- pack is started by placing one apple in each 

 lower corner and one in the center of the space between these 

 two apples. Two apples are next placed, partly filling the 

 cavities formed by the three apples. These two apples leave 

 three cavities which are filled by three apples, etc., until the 

 first layer is completed. In starting the second layer, two 

 apples are used, then three, etc., thus filling the small pockets 

 formed by the apples in the lower layer. 



The 4-4 pack is the square pack (see Fig. 4). The apples 

 must be of such a size that four of them just fit into the box 

 across the end. These are placed, and then four more, etc., 

 until the layer is completed. The next three or four layers 

 are packed in the same way, "which means that every apple 

 except those in the upper layer of the box must bear the 

 entire weight of one or more apples above it upon its cheek. 

 This invariably means a blemish upon the cheek, which im- 

 mediately lowers the price. 



