360 
Fig. 28. Two-two Pack, 56 at Left, 96 at 
Right. 
side of the box, then a third and a fourth 
in the two remaining spaces. The apples 
will be of such a size that the third and 
fourth will not slip over halfway into these 
spaces. Repeat placing the apples in the 
same relative position as the first four 
until the upper head of the box is reached. 
The first and third rows, counting from 
either side, may end with an apple touch- 
ing the upper head of the box, and the 
second and the fourth with a space. Be- 
gin the second layer by placing an apple 
over each of the spaces against the lower 
end of the box in the first layer. Place 
the next two apples in the spaces made 
by these. The four will be of such a size 
that the second two will not slip into 
these spaces over half their length. The 
apples in the second layer and in each 
Fig. 29. 
Pack 
left). 
Method of Starting the Two-two 
(at right) and Three-two Pack (at 
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succeeding layer, fit directly over the 
interstice between two apples underneath; 
except the end apples, which fit over the 
space between an apple and the head of 
the box. Four layers of the two-two 
pack fill the box. Each contains the 
same number of apples. The number of 
apples in the box is determined by count- 
ing the number in the top layer and mul- 
tiplying by four, the number of layers. 
The following are the counts of the two- 
two pack, with the length of rows in 
each: 48, 3-3; 56, 4-3; 64, 4-4; 72, 5-4; 
80, 5-5; 88, 6-5; 96, 6-6; 104, 7-6; 112, 7-7; 
120, 8-7. Extremely flat apples are re- 
quired for counts 112 and 120. To decide 
whether a certain size of apple should be 
packed into the two-two or into the three- 
two pack, try to place four of the apples 
cheek to cheek crosswise of the box. If 
the apples are so large that there is not 
room for four of them in the row, the ap- 
ples are to be packed two-two. If four 
of them fit across snugly, or if they are 
so small that four of them do not reach 
across, they are to be packed three-two. 
_ Three-Two Pack 
To begin the three-two pack, place an 
apple in the lower left hand corner of 
the box, then one in the lower right hand 
corner, then a third equidistant between 
the two. Then place an apple in each of 
the two remaining spaces. All five will 
be of such a size that the last two will 
not slip over half way into the spaces. 
Repeat, placing the apples in the same 
relative position as the first five until the 
upper head of the box is reached. Begin 
the second layer by placing an apple over 
each of the two spaces left in the bottom 
layer against the lower head of the box. 
Place the next three in the space between 
these two and the two spaces on either 
side of them between them and the sides 
of the box. The five will be of such a 
size that the last three will not slip over 
half way into the space. The apples in 
the second layer and in each succeeding 
layer fit directly over interstices in the 
layer underneath. Five layers of the 
three-two pack fill the box. 
1. When the outer rows and the middle 
row of a layer touch one head of the 
