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hand side of the box * Next place three 
apples in the three spaces. The six 
apples will be of such a size that the 
latter three will not slip over half way 
into the spaces Repeat, placing the ap- 
ples in the same relative position as the 
first six until the upper head of the box 
is reached. The first, third and fifth rows, 
counting from either side, may end with 
an apple touching the upper head of the 
box, in which case the second, fourth and 
sixth each ends with a space. Begin the 
second layer by placing an apple over 
each of the spaces left in the first layer 
against the lower head of the box. Con- 
tinue as in the first layer. Each apple 
fits directly above a space or interstice 
below. Six layers of the three-three pack 
fill the box. The number of apples in 
the box is determined by counting the 
apples in the top layer and multiplying 
the number by six, the number of layers. 
The only counts of the three-three pack 
now used, with the length of rows in 
each are: 198, 6-5; 216, 6-6; 234, 7-6; 252, 
7-7. The value of the three-three pack 
for apples which are long in shape and 
which will come both loose crosswise and 
low when packed three-two, 200, 218, 225, 
is not sufficiently appreciated by some 
districts of the Northwest It is only 
occasionally found profitable to pack ap- 
ples smaller than 198 or 200. 
Offset and Square Packs 
These are now chiefly of historical in- 
terest, having been discarded because both 
objectionable and unnecessary, as previ- 
ously stated. Sizes of the three-three off- 
* The three three pack 1s begun in the same 
way as the offset, except that the apples are 
much smaller and that the stems are all 
pointed one way See Fig 32 
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set pack, containing four layers were 
72, 84, 96 <A three-three offset pack is 
illustrated in Fig 32. Sizes of the tour 
four offset pack, containing five layers 
were 160 and 180. Sizes of the square 
pack, with the length otf row and the 
depth, are as follows’ Three layers 
45, five in rows,; 56, six in rows Four 
layers: 96, sIX Im rows, 112 seven in 
rows, 128, eight in rows Five layers 
200, eight in rows; 225, nine in rows In 
the special box 63 apples, seven apples to 
Fig 32. 
Fig 38. 
Offset Pack, 96 Apples, Obsolete 
Square Pack, Obsolete 
the row, three layers; 
nine to the row, four 
packed. 
Packs for the “Colorado” Box 
The “Colorado” box, being of a dif- 
ferent shape and size from the Northwest 
standard, accommodates a different list of 
counts, modified by the Colorado cus- 
tom of packing the apples always flat 
The following tables are taken from the 
grading and packing rules and instruc- 
tions of the Grand Junction Fruit Grow- 
ers’ Association for the season of 1912: 
also 144 apples, 
layers, can be 
Long Apples 
All apples of the varieties following may be termed “long apples,” and should 
be packed as per following formulas: 
Bellflower, ete. 
Gano, Ben Davis, White Winter Pearmain, 
. Layer “No. Layers’ Box 
Size Pack Contains in Box Contains 
2Y4—214 inch 3—3x6—6 36 7 252 
214-234 inch 3—3x5—5 30 6 180 
234-—3 inch 3—~2x5—5 25 6 150 
3 —3l¢ inch 3-—2x5—4. 2—22 3—-23 5 118 
