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PACKING ORANGES. 



The Pierpont Manufacturing Company, Crescent City, Florida, 

 U. S. A., in introducing their Orange Boxes to the shippers of Jamaica, 

 call attention to the advantages to be gained by the use of boxes over 

 the old method of shipping in barrels, which experience taught the 

 shippers of Florida to discard years ago, and make a few suggestions 

 regarding the packing of oranges. 



Oranges shipped in barrels arrive in bad order, chiefly because of the 

 bulk, which of its own weight injures the fruit, causing decay. The 

 capacity of a box is about one-half that of a barrel, and when it is con- 

 sidered that the centre-head divides the bulk in two, there is only one- 

 quarter the fruit in a mass to heat and decay. Besides this, a box can 

 be packed with greater rapidity and ease than a barrel, makes a neater 

 package, and sells for more money proportionately. 



The standard size of the Florida box, measures 12x1 2x26 1 inches 

 outside, has a centre head or partition, and contains exactly two 

 cubic feet of fruit. The heads and shooks are dressed on both sides. 



Oranges exported to the United States of America must pay an im- 

 port duty of eight cents per cubic foot. A barrel is charged as five cubic 

 feet (40 cents), while tbe same amount of fruit will pack in two standard 

 boxes and will only have to pay a duty on four cubic feet (32 cents), 

 thus effecting a saving of eight cents on every barrel by packing in 

 standard boxes. 



There is also an ad valorem duty of thirty per cent, on the boxes or 

 barrels. This is saved by buying materials, which have been duly 

 registered and recorded in compliance with the United States Tariff Act 

 which allows the return of boxes or barrels of United States manufacture 

 free of duty when so registered and recorded. 



Following are a few Suggestions on Packing Oranges. 



Oranges should be cut from the stems, not pulled. Before packing, 

 the fruit should be thoroughly dried and carefully assorted and sized, 

 rejecting all bruised and imperfect fruit. Don't ship bright fruit and 

 dark coloured fruit in the same box. The oranges should be wrapped 

 in tissue paper, and the boxes neatly and strongly strapped with three 

 good straps. 



In order to give a clear idea as to the manner in which the standard 

 sizes are packed, the following is submitted : — 



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 l-Packing 96 to the box ; four layers, 

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 2— Packing 112 to the box ; four 

 layers, alternating, as in A and B. 



