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large apples on special occasions. The 

 3^-tier pack is started by placing the 

 first apple in the lower left-hand corner 

 of the box and another in the centre. Two 



the apples are of the same size and are 

 being packed on the cheek, in order to 

 obtain the proper bulge the end apples 

 are turned with the stem ends up. Every 



apples are then packed in the spaces 

 which are left. The illustration shows the 

 point very nicely. We have in this pack 

 three and a half rows in width and four 

 layers in depth. To start the 4^-tier pack 

 the first apple is placed in the lower left- 

 hand corner of the box, another in the 

 lower right-hand corner, and another in 

 the centre. Two apples are then placed 

 firmly in the spaces that are left vacant. 

 This pack has four and a half rows in 

 width and five layers in depth. 



" Inexperienced packers will have some 

 little difficulty in getting the proper bulge 

 to the box. The illustration opposite 

 shows a box with the bulge in the way it 

 should appear after being nailed down. 

 Practice, however, will obviate this. 

 When the fruit is packed the apples at 

 both ends should come up flush with the 

 top. In the centre they should extend a 

 little higher. There is more or less of a 

 graduation between one-sized apple land 

 another, as, for instance, between tlie 3 and 

 3J-tier apples. To obtain the proper bulge 

 the packer selects apples that are a trifle 

 smaller for the ends, working those that 

 are a trifle larger to the centre. In case 



box should have from an inch to an inch 

 and a half swell. 



Box Press, Adjusiable to Any Box; Rollbb. 

 Beabing. 



" On the end of every box a neat and 

 attractive lithograph should be placed. 

 This adds very much to the appearance of 

 the box, and aids materially in selling the 



