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BETTER FRUIT 

 Utilizing Baskets for Apple Shipments 



THE shortage and high prices of 

 boxes as containers for packing 

 apples during the past two years has 

 caused growers in some sections of 

 the Northwest to utilize some other 

 style of package. One of the methods 

 resorted to which is said to have 

 proved satisfactory is the use of bas- 

 kets. While baskets have been em- 

 ployed in shipping peaches from some 

 of the Western states for some time it 

 is only comparatively recently that 

 they have been used for apples in the 

 Northwest. 



In using baskets for shipping apples 

 Idaho has taken the lead and last year 

 shipped a large quantity of fruit in 

 this way. This year with a still 

 greater shortage of containers and 

 higher prices for boxes it is expected 

 that a wider use of baskets will result 

 and that other states are likely to use 

 large quantities of them. Last year 

 eight carloads of fancy apples were 



shipped in baskets from the Payette 

 valley, which growers had no trouble 

 in disposing of at satisfactory prices. 

 Thirty cars were shiped from the 

 Boise valley and 15 acres of 6,000 

 empty baskets to the car were utilized 

 at Parma, Council, Twin Falls and 

 other points in Idaho. 



By properly piling the baskets five 

 tier high it is said to be possible to 

 ship 600 packed baskets of apples to 

 the car. In some instances the grad- 

 ing and packing of the apples was 

 done in the orchards doing away 

 with the expense of hauling and hand- 

 ling in the packing house. 



While packing apples in baskets in 

 Oregon and Washington has been very 

 limited so far, reports from the latter 

 state are to the effect that they will 

 probably be used to some extent there 

 this year. In fact there has been a 

 considerable tendency among growers 



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Jonathan apples packed in bushel baskets ready for shipment at Fruitland, Idaho. 



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September, 1920 



in some of the states to try shipping 

 some of their apples in bulk due to 

 the shortage of containers. In view 

 of this, baskets which can be ob- 

 tained for about the same price as 

 boxes this year may prove a big 

 help in moving the Northwest apple 

 crop. 



Our Advertisers 



In the raising of fruits, as in any 

 other business, one must have a 

 certain amount of equipment. 



There are tools for cultivation, 

 for spraying, for harvesting and 

 packing, without which the or- 

 chardist cannot hope to compete 

 for success with his more progres- 

 sive neighbor, who possesses this 

 equipment. 



In accepting advertising for Bet- 

 ter Fruit we have endeavored to 

 be sure that the articles are as 

 advertised. We feel, therefore, that 

 our readers are safe in buying 

 from any of our advertisers. 



You will find the advertising col- 

 umns of Better Fruit an interest- 

 ing and helpful directory of the 

 most modern orchard equipment 

 and materials necessary to the 

 fruitgrower. 



