_Boxes and Cartoons._--The California raisin boxes are of three kinds,--whole boxes of twenty pounds, halves of ten pounds and quarters of five pounds. The wholes and the quarters are those most used, while the halves are seldom used or required. The cartoons are made of paper and contain two and one-half pounds of raisins each. The following are the measurements of raisin boxes and cartoons, and of the lumber required for making them. Twenty-pound box: 9 x 18 x 4¾ inches. Ten-pound box: 9 x 18 x 2⅜ inches. Five-pound box: 9 x 18 x 1³⁄₁₆ inches. The foregoing are inside measurements. The tops and bottoms are one-quarter inch thick, 19½ inches long and 9¾ inches wide. The sides of the twenty-pound box are 19½ inches long, 4¾ inches wide and three-eighths inches thick. The ends of a twenty-pound box are 9 inches long, 4¾ inches wide and three-fourths of an inch thick. The sides of the ten-pound box are 19½ inches long, three-eighths of an inch thick and 2⅜ inches wide. The ends of a ten-pound box are 9 inches long, three-fourths of an inch thick and 2⅜ inches wide. The sides of a five-pound box are 19½ inches long, three-eighths of an inch thick and 1³⁄₁₆ inches wide. The two and one-half pound cartoon is five inches wide, ten inches long and one and one-half inches deep. _Packing Frames or Packing Trays._--These are of two kinds, according to the method of packing. For the top-up method, wooden frames large enough to hold five pounds of raisins are used. In length and width these frames correspond with the raisin box, but in height they are only one-third of a whole box, or about one and one-half inches. The bottom is a sliding one, and can be pulled out broadwise. The frame is first lined on the inside with the necessary paper, and then five pounds of raisins are placed in the paper. A follower or block of wood, large enough to fill the form or frame, is then placed on top, the frame is placed over an empty box, the sliding bottom quickly withdrawn, and the whole contents fall in the box below undisturbed. For the top-down method, frames of galvanized iron are used, slightly deeper than the former, but the bottom is a drop-bottom, resting on a flange, instead of a sliding bottom, as in the former tray. A loose plate of zinc is placed on top of the frame, the latter is inverted and placed over the box, and the zinc plate quickly withdrawn, when the contents covered by the loose drop-bottom (or by the facing-plate) fall into the raisin box.