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the bottom of the box all the points are marked off. 
This denotes a loose package, which will be ruined in 
shipping to market. 
The alignment and attractiveness are usually consid- 
ered together. The rows run straight and true in both 
directions. The attractiveness has to do with the style 
of the pack, the arrangement of the fruit on side or end 
to give the neatest appearance. The wrapping papers 
are looked at, the way they are put on, ete The box 
Fig. 135.—EXAMINING FOR DISEASES, INSECTS OR BRUISES 
liners are studied, and points are deducted to represent 
the detraction from a perfect appearance. Good looks 
are as important in the selling of fruit as good clothes 
are to a marriageable daughter. 
‘When the packing has been examined sufficiently, then 
the judges turn their attention to the fruit itself. From 
a half to a third of the apples are taken out of the box, 
the wrappers removed and each apple examined for in- 
sect injuries, bruises, fungus marks, scale, ete. (Fig. 
