FRUITS—PREPARING FOR MARKET 
(ec) Bartletts and Flemish Beauties 
should weigh, when packed and nailed up, 
fifty-two pounds A variation of from 
fifty-one to fifty-three pounds is permis- 
sible if pack is good. 
(d) The Clapps Favorite, which is a 
lighter pear, should weigh, when nailed 
up, from forty-nine to fifty-one pounds; 
nothing under forty-nine pounds should 
be accepted by nailer. Those over fifty- 
one and not to exceed fifty-two pounds 
may be accepted if pack is good and 
lid will go on without cutting or mash- 
ing fruit. 
(e) Buerre de Anjous and Comice 
should weigh from forty-eight to fifty 
pounds. 
(f) Winter Nelis should be packed 
five tier deep, never six. The smaller 
sizes will be light, often not over forty- 
six pounds, but are acceptable if the pack 
is tight. 
(g) The weight of the packed box 
should be regulated by the firmness with 
which pears are placed in the tier. 
(h) The large 3x2s and 3x8s should 
be packed loosely, while the smaller sizes 
should be packed tightly. All 4x3 packs 
should be tight. 
(i) Care should be taken by nailer not 
to cut or crush any of the fruit along the 
edges of the box; all such fruit should 
be removed and replaced by good pears. 
(j) The proper way to place pears in 
the box: In starting the tiers of any pear 
pack, the first row along the end of the 
box should be laid with the blossom end 
of fruit toward the end of box, and with 
the stem pointing directly away from the 
packer and slightly down; the remain- 
ing pears of each tier should be so placed 
that the stem will be pointing directly 
toward the packer and slightly up. 
(k) Never line pear boxes. 
(1) The first tier should always be 
packed with the smooth wrap of the pa- 
per down, that is, the bottom of the box 
should always be faced so that the nailed 
up box will present a neat appearance. 
(m) The 3x2 pack, 3x3 and the 4x3 
should be used in the packing of pears. 
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F(1) The 3x2 pear pack. All 3x2 packs 
should be four tiers deep. Start the pack 
with three pears, placing them in the 
lower end of box in such a way that 
there will be one in each corner and one 
in the center. Place the next two in the 
Spaces provided by the packing of the 
first three, continue pack in the same man- 
ner until the tier is finished, remember- 
ing always to keep spaces the same size 
and the alignment perfect. Pack second 
tier over first tier spaces, third tier over 
second tier spaces, and fourth tier over 
third tier spaces. 
(2) The 8x38 pear pack. This pack 
should always be five tiers deep. In start- 
ing the 3x3 pack, place the first pear in 
lower left hand corner of box, the other 
two to be so placed that the distance 
will be the same between the first and 
second and the second and third as 
that between the third pear and the low- 
er right hand corner of box. The next 
three pears are placed in the spaces pro- 
vided by the placing of the first three, 
and continue the pack in the same man- 
ner until the tier is finished, remember- 
ing always to keep the spaces the same 
size and the alignment perfect. The sec- 
ond tier is to be packed over the first 
tier spaces, the third over the second tier 
spaces, the fourth over the third tier 
spaces, and the fifth or last tier over the 
fourth tier spaces. 
(3) The 4x3 pear pack. This pack 
should always be five tiers deep. In 
starting the 4x3 pack, place a pear in 
each of the two lower corners, the next 
two to be so placed that the spaces be- 
tween the two corner pears and the two 
inner pears will be the same size as the 
space between the two center pears. Place 
the three pears in the spaces provided by 
the placing of the first four. Continue to 
pack in the same manner until the tier is 
finished, remembering always to keep the 
spaces the same size and the alignment of 
the fruit perfect. Pack the second tier 
over first tier spaces, third over second 
tier spaces, fourth over third tier spaces, 
and fifth over fourth tier spaces. 
* See Packing under Apples 
