Discussion on 3Iarketing Fruits. 179" 



fruit, mix it with tiie bad, and sell it to commission men, in which 

 case the fault does not rest with the grower. 



The President — I indorse very highly what has been said about 

 the best kind of packages; and I want to commend to our friends 

 in the East our packages as being more suited to the grower and 

 dealer in every respect. I use the square Halleck boxes. I put in 

 eight or nine tacks and the bottoms never drop out. I don't think 

 we have had one bottom to drop out in an average of fifty cases. 

 Now I would recommend that particular package as the best one 

 that ever has been used. I have often seen the old style of pack- 

 ages, both the crates of baskets and "■ stands" of drawers, used over 

 and over again until they were very dirty and offensive. But the 

 first cost of these packages was considerable, and economy dictated 

 their continued use as long as possible. I am glad that this prac- 

 tice is becoming unpopular. The gift package is the cheapest, and, 

 when well made, is the best, and should come into universal use. 



Mr. Williams, of Indiana — I see no reason why the package re- 

 ferred to by the President should not take the place of the others, 

 and there might be a little improvement on that. This trouble ot 

 dropping down is something we have to contend with very largely, 

 and the cases might be made so as to be ventilated a little more. 



The President — You don't want any ventilation in the packages ; 

 but you don't want to shut them up tight when it is hot. If your 

 cars are not cool, then you want ventilation through and among the 

 cases. 



Mr. Williams — In regard to return packages ; it used to cost us 

 from $J00 to ^500 a year to collect the packages. I would be glad 

 to see that arrangement done away with. We have a great deal of 

 trouble hunting them up. 



Mr. Kiely — I indorse what Mr. Williams has said. I want to 

 see the return package abolished. They create a great deal of 

 trouble because producers don't get them back promptly. It gives 

 a great deal of labor and extra expense. Packages should always 

 go with the fruit and give the purchaser no further trouble. I 

 think the Halleck box is, perhaps, the best we can get. 



3Ir. Galusha, of Illinois, offered a resolution that it is the sense 

 of the members of the convention that all fruits should be sold by 



