PACKING 



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put the bottom board in place. With each hand hold the bottom and 

 slightly shake the box settling the board in place. Nail the bottom, 

 turn the box, and the job is done. Pack this box good and tight but 

 with no bulge whatsoever. 



The Eastern box is not intended 

 to duplicate the one used in West- 

 ern sections. It is designed to pro- 

 Tide a convenient and attractive 

 package of fine fruit at a minimum 

 of cost, the saving being made not 

 in quality of the fruit but in labor. 

 It is growing rapidly in popular- 

 ity. It does need further stand- 

 ardization. 



{h) Packing in Baskets. A 

 good way to pack a basket of 

 apples is to prepare the face first 

 on a metal plate or device which 

 holds the fruit in place (Figs. 22 and 23). When the face is 

 completed, slip over it a metal follower inside of which is a 

 heavy paper liner of the same depth and circumference as the 



Tig, 23. At the right is the facer; in the center 



is the metal sleeve which sets on the facer and is 

 run full of fruit; at the left is the paper liner 

 used inside the metal sleeve and remaining 

 about the fruit when the sleeve is removed. 



interior of the basket. Run this liner full of the apples. Re- 

 move the metal follower. Slip the basket top down over the 

 fruit until the edges of the basket are pressed against the metal 



Fig. 22. Placing the apples 

 in the facer for packing in 

 baskets. Some facers are 

 furrowed or corrugated to 

 keep the rings of fruit in 

 place; see Fig. 23. 



