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ripeness than the others sometimes become overripe and. soft before reach- 

 ing market, and as a result, rot may develop, and the general appearance 

 of the entire package be ruined. 



At one time, peaches were packed and marketed in slat crates divided 

 into two parts, each holding about a peck of fruit. This package even- 

 tually gave place to the Delaware half-bushel, veneer basket, and the 

 Michigan handle basket, holding about a peck. This latter package is 

 almost identical with the Georgia basket. Within recent years a new 

 package, the six-basket carrier, has been successfully introduced, and is 

 now used almost exclusively in the marketing of Southern-grown peaches. 

 Owing to the good condition in which produce reaches market when 

 packed in this carrier, its use has been extended into the marketing of 

 tomatoes, peppers, plums and other fruits and vegetables of a tender 

 nature. Fig. 10 shows this package as used in shipping peaches. Fig. 

 24 shows the same kind of package used in the marketing of tomatoes. 

 In both instances the illustration shows the products as they reached 

 market. "While in some localities the Delaware and Michigan baskets 

 are still used, it is only a question of time before the six-basket carrier 

 will become recognized as the standard peach package. 



PEARS. 



Nearly all varieties of pears are of better quality if harvested before 

 becoming fully ripe. The fruit should remain on the trees until fully 



Fig. 11. — Peaks Packed in Bushel Box. 



