. Department bulletin. Agriculture; Agriculture. EVAPORATION OF FRUITS. 59 step in packing, therefore, is to face this The facers are slices which are perfect rings. These are usually selected from a quantity of fruit which contains a relatively large proportion of them; they are then placed on thin boards which are slightly smaller than the top of the box, inside measure, overlapping one another in rows, lengthwise of the board. Figure 16 shows such a board of facers. The facers are put in place by inserting the board on which they are arranged into the box, which is first lined with p
. Department bulletin. Agriculture; Agriculture. EVAPORATION OF FRUITS. 59 step in packing, therefore, is to face this The facers are slices which are perfect rings. These are usually selected from a quantity of fruit which contains a relatively large proportion of them; they are then placed on thin boards which are slightly smaller than the top of the box, inside measure, overlapping one another in rows, lengthwise of the board. Figure 16 shows such a board of facers. The facers are put in place by inserting the board on which they are arranged into the box, which is first lined with paraffin paper, and then with a dexterous movement of the hand flipping the layer of rings against the inner face, or the bottom, which is to become the top of the box. After facing, the box is filled by placing over it a bottomless box pro- vided with cleats to hold it in place, setting the whole on the scales, and filling loosely with fruit to the required weight. The box is then trans- ferred to the platform of a box press, and the fruit is forced down until the upper box can be lifted off and the bot- tom nailed on. The car- tons usually are filled by hand. Figures 17 and 18 show *50-pound boxes of dried apples as they ap- pear upon being opened. Experiments have shown that lining the boxes completely with double layers of paraffin paper, the sheets being so placed that the joints in the first layer are covered by the second, greatly reduces the danger of insect infestation by making it impossible for moths to gain access to the fruit after it is packed. As the cost of such lining is slight, it should come into more general use than is the case at present. PACKING PEACHES, APRICOTS, AND PEARS. Dried peaches, apricots, and pears are usually packed in wooden boxes holding 25 pounds. They are packed, as a rule, without any special attention to grading. The package is faced, in effect, much the same as described above in packing evaporated apples, though the pieces are placed by
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