50 MODERN FRUIT MARKETING 
means of handling barrels and boxes. Almost all of the 
standard boxes are now shipped in the shook and set up 
on the farm or in the packing-house where used. When 
contracting for shooks for boxes the specifications must be 
made specifically and uniformity insisted upon. The di- 
mensions for the pieces of a standard box are as follows: 
Ends, 34x1015x11% inches in one piece; sides, 34x 
1014x1914 inches in one piece; top and bottom, 44x 
A 
Fig. 35 —STANDARD APPLE BOX CONSTRUCTION 
a—End view. Method of nailing; b—bottom or top. Method of spacing. 
5x1914 inches in two pieces, and cleats, %x5g¢x10 
inches in two pieces. 
The top and bottom pieces may be made in three 
pieces instead of two, if desired. It is necessary to have 
these pieces thin, so they will spring over the bulge and 
not injure the fruit. In setting up the boxes the only 
precaution is to have the top and bottom pieces equally 
