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Weapping the Fextit. 



For this purpose a thin, tough, white tissue paper should be used 

 of size convenient for the fruit which it is desired to wrap. As a guide 

 to purchasers, the following table is given: — 



For standard box, 96 pack, 12 by 12 inches. 



For standard box, 112, 126, 150 packs, 10 by 12 inches. 



For standard box, 176, 200, 10 by 10 inches. 



For standard box, 216, 226, 252, 9 by 9 inches. 

 The fruit should be perfectly wrapped, i.e. each orange completely- 

 surrounded with paper, which should be finished off with a twist, and, 

 at the same time, be so placed round the fruit as to display the 

 "brand " to the best advantage. All wrappers should bear the same 

 distinctive mark as that which appears on the outside of the boxes- 

 containing the fruit. A neatly gotten up brand renders the appear- 

 ance of the fruit more attractive, and the brands on the papers should 

 all be placed in the same direction and not carelessly any how. 



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Girls and women handle, wrap, and pack oranges far better thani 

 youths and men. Their fingers are more supple and quick, and au 

 inexperienced girl will become quite deft at the work in a few hours. 

 Packers should wear gloves, or very special attention must be paid to 

 keeping the finger nails short. Work in connection with packing 

 oranges is clean, light, and pleasant, and should also be well paid in 

 order to secure reliable and competent workers. When this is the case 

 it often happens that one obtains the same packers year after year; in 

 fact, the orange-packing season is looked forward to as a means of 

 earning a few pounds for the purchase of some item perhaps otherwise- 

 unobtainable. 



Packing. 



With oranges properly graded for size, packing in the export box 

 is very simple and easy. In the standard packs shown in the diagram 

 there is a place for every orange, always- provided that the packing is 



