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With good carrying varieties of grapes, suitably packed, an 
important trade with India, Java, and Singapore, only ten to twelve 
days from our shores, lies within our reach. 
Export grape cases weigh 40 to 41 lbs. gross, the weight being 
made up of 28 to 30 lbs. of grapes, 4 lbs. cork dust, and 8 lbs. for 
the case. There is a shrinkage of a pound or two at the end of the 
voyage. 
Fruit Packing Howse. 
In all commercial orchards some roomy and well-ventilated 
and well-lighted shed or building is required for receiving, sweating, 
storing, sorting, and packing the fruit. The size should depend on 
the quantity of fruit to be handled at one time. 
The plan given below shows a fruit-packing house half as long 
again at it is wide. A dry well-ventilated cellar is convenient for 
storing cases in shooks and packing material. 
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PLAN OF PACKING HOUSE. 
Tt is found convenient to have the floor of the shed on the same 
level as the floor of the spring carts or lorry conveying the cases 
of freshly picked fruit from the orchard. 
A roomy table with as many compartments as there are 
packers, allowing 3ft. by 4ft., holds plenty of fruit, and can be re- 
plenished as required. 
The illustration of the interior of the citrus packing shed at 
Harvey, shows a sloping bench running along the side of the pack- 
ing house. The bench has rounded laths bottom, set 34in, apart to 
