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sizes were fixed for cases suitable for tlie packing of citrus fruits, which 

 constitute the main crop of those States. The " dump " bushel case 

 included in the Victorian Act differed in size from the " dump " case 

 in use in Tasmania, which is known in the trade as the " Peacock " 



Sizes of Cases now Uniform Throughout the Eastern States. 



These matters were adjusted at an Inter-State Conference of Minis- 

 ters of Agriculture, held in Tasmania in 1913, at which all the States 

 excepting Western Australia were represented. A schedule of cases of 

 uniform sizes for all the States which were represented at the Conference 

 was adopted, and these are included in the Victorian Fruit Act regula- 

 tions, which came into force this year. 



(a) "Peacock' 

 "Canadian" Case; 

 Flat Case. 



Dump Case; 

 (d) Half -bushel 



Plate III. 



(b) Flat 



Bushel Case; (c) 

 "Peacock" Dump Case; I 



" Special " or 

 e) Half -bushel 



DESCEIPTION OF CASES. 



• " Peacock '' and '' Flat " Bushel Cases. 



These are shown in the illustrations accompanying this article, and 

 a short description of each may perhaps be useful. 



Plate III. (a) shows the "Peacock" dump case, which measures 

 18 inches long by 14^ inches deep by 8f inches wide=cubical content of 

 2,223 cubic inches. This case is used for packing apples for oversea 

 and Inter-State export, and also for local sale. 



Plate III.(&) illustrates the " Flat " bushel case, measuring 26 inches 

 long by 14i inches deep by 6 inches wide= cubical content of 2,223 cubic 

 inches. This case is used locally for packing all kinds of fruit, and is 

 one which is mainly used for selling apples in the open case at the Queen 

 Victoria and other retail markets. For reasons which will be given 

 subsequently, the writer considers this case unsuitable for packing 

 apples. 



