from $0.86 to $1.89. Costs for 13 of the other houses were between $1.00

and $1.34. Twenty-three firms packing the 8-pound mesh bag had packing

costs from $1.02 to $2.24 with 10 firms with costs from $1.20 to $1.39.

 The spread in packing cost for 5-pound mesh bags for 24 firms

was between $1.21 and $2.76 with 12 firms included within the cost in-

terval of $1.50 to $1.74. For the 21 firms packing oranges in 5-pound

polyethylene bags in master cartons, the packing cost ranged from $1.43

$2.81 and 11 of these firms had costs between $1.50 and $1.74 per box.

 Grapefruit.--The range in grapefruit packing and selling costs

among the different firms was not as great as in oranges. The 27 firms

using 1-3/5 bushel wirebound boxes had costs which varied between $0.98

and $1.72 for packing and selling each box as shown by data in Table 8.

Of these firms, 13 had costs between $1.10 and $1.35. For the 4/5 bushel

half Bruce box, 32 firms had total packing and selling costs ranging be-

tween $1.24 and $2.23. Of these, 17 had costs from $1.35 to $1.69.

Eleven East Coast firms using the 4/5 bushel fiberboard box had costs

ranging from $1.02 to $1.50 per box, and 28 other houses varied from $1.06

to $2.05. Thirteen of the other houses were between $1.20 and $1.59. For

the 8-pound mesh bag, 21 houses had costs ranging from $1.28 to $2.38 per

box with 10 of these between $1.40 and $1.84.

 The packing and selling costs for grapefruit in 5-pound mesh

bags were from $1.26 to $2.90 for 22 firms with 10 firms between $1.70

and $2.10. For 5-pound polyethylene bags in master cartons, 19 firms

ranged from $1.58 to $2.95 with 13 firms falling between $1.65 and $1.89

per 1-3/5 bushel equivalent.

 Packing costs only for grapefruit in 1-3/5 bushel wirebound boxes

 for 27 firms varied from $0.71 to $1.25, Fifteen of these firms r:.naed