Texas Agriculture Code § 92.024 Choice Tomato Packs

Sec. 92.024. CHOICE TOMATO PACKS. (a) The standard packs for a six-basket crate of choice tomatoes are:

(1) 120's, which are packed by placing 2 and 2 alternately in 4 rows on edge 8, to the layer for the first layer, and 3 and 3 alternately in 4 rows on edge, blossom end out, 12 to the layer for the second or last layer, 20 to the basket;

(2) 144's, which are packed by placing 3 and 3 alternately in 4 rows on edge, 12 to the layer for the first layer and 3 and 3 in 4 rows on edge, blossom end out, 12 to the layer for the second or last layer, 24 to the basket; and

(3) 180's, which are packed by placing 3 and 3 alternately in 5 rows on edge, blossom end out, 15 to the layer for the second or last layer, 30 to the basket.

(b) The standard packs for a four-basket crate of choice tomatoes are:

(1) 84's, which are packed by placing 3 and 3 alternately in 3 rows on edge, 9 to the layer for the first layer, and 3 and 3 alternately in 4 rows on edge, blossom end out, 12 to the layer for the second or last layer, 21 to the basket;

(2) 88's, which are packed by placing 3 and 3 alternately in 3 rows on edge, 9 to the layer for the first layer, and 1 and 2 alternately in 9 rows on edge, blossom end out, 18 to the layer, 22 to the basket;

(3) 96's, which are packed by placing 3 and 3 alternately in 4 rows on edge, 12 to the layer for the first layer, and 3 and 3 alternately in 4 rows on edge, blossom end out, 12 to the layer for the second or last layer, 24 to the basket; and

(4) 104's, which are packed by placing 1 and 2 alternately in 9 rows on edge, 13 to the layer for the first layer, and 1 and 2 alternately in 9 rows on edge, 13 to the layer, blossom end out, for the second or last layer, 26 to the basket.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1232, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.

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