For grapefruit, the 4/5 bushel fiberboard box was the container used for the

largest volume with the 1-3/5 bushel wirebound box next in order. About

82 percent of the grapefruit was sold in these two packs. Almost all of the

tangerines were packed in two types of 4/5 bushel wirebound boxes. There

was a difference in container usage between East Coast and other houses. The

4/5 bushel fiberboard box was the principal container for both oranges and grape-

fruit in the East Coast section and with the 4/5 bushel Bruce carried almost

all citrus packed.

 Packing and selling costs for the principal containers used in 1962-

63 are compared with 1961-62 in Figure 1.

 Itemized costs of packing and selling oranges, grapefruit and tangerines

for the 1962-63 season are given in Tables 4, 5 and 6 for 41 packinghouses.

These tables show the weighted average costs for the major expense items by type

of pack, together with the number of firms packing each container and the average

volume per house using each. Only the more important packs are included.

 Costs of handling cannery fruit direct-from-grove, and packed fruit

purchased also are shown in Table 6. These operations are not separated by

kind of fruit, but represent a mixture of all kinds.

 Costs for packs handled by the East Coast houses are shown separately

from the other houses. The principal reason for separating the two sections is

that the East Coast houses generally used a heavier corrugated box which cost

about 8 cents more than the one used by other houses. Piece rates for packing

labor were also observed to average somewhat higher.

 None of the containers shown were packed by all of the 41 houses

in the sample. Thus, the costs shown for any container are averages of

the group of firms packing that container. Since this grouping n' ..ojes

changes with each container, some of the differences in costs between various

packs are due to variations in the sample. This can be illustrated by

comparing the container cost of the 1-3/5 bushel wirebound box for oranges

and grapefruit (Tables 4 and 5). For oranges, 28 houses had an average con-
tainer cost of $0,3810, and for grapefruit, 27 houses, not quite identical