FRUIT-PACKING OPERATIONS 
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or 
Fig. 67—-BULGE ON BOXED FRUIT 
Left too high. Center about right. Right too low. 
‘When the top is nailed on, the spring of the slats keeps 
the apples tight yet does not exert enough pressure to 
bruise the fruit. 
Then by making use of 
the cleats on each end, 
the boxes can be piled or 
tiered up in storage or 
shipping and the bulge in 
the center will not be suf- 
ficient to cause the fruit 
to be bruised by the 
weight of the packages. 
This swell is made uni- 
form across the box and 
diminishes gradually to- 
wards each end making a 
sort of a circle in outline. 
At the end, each apple 
projects above the box Fig. 68. 
only about one-quarter of 1 and 3 correct bulge. 2 and 4 slack.’ 
i Closed packages should not be piled on 
an inch, If more than the face, but always on the side, 
