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trees and much fruit is sold in the orchards. Such sales 

 are sometimes made in lump. Again, sales are made for a 

 stated amount f. o. b., the buyer reserving the right to 

 supervise the grading and packing. 



How th e g ruit is Packed. - "Have you packed any ap- 

 ples in boxes; if so with what success?" 



The answers to this question indicate that a number 

 of growers have tried the box package. The table which fol- 

 lows gives a summary of replies to this question. 



Results obtained NA. of growers who have tried the 



box package. 



Very good 12 



Good 22 



Fair 3 



Poor 7 



Indifferent 5 



From these figures it may be seen that over two 

 thirds of the growers who have tried the box package met 

 with good or very good success, while the other third re- 

 ported fair, poor or indifferent success. Some of those 

 who met with poor success attributed their failure to the 

 fact that they were unable to pack the boxes well. Few 

 growers have tried the box package on an extensive scale; 

 generally their trials were made with a few hundred boxes. 

 One man packed 1,100 boxes in the season of 1910 and lost 

 money by doing so. Another man who has a large orchard 

 of Winesaps and Albemarles, packs his entire crop in boxes 



