310 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
DISCUSSION. 
Mr. H. J. Cutts: Do you use that box you spoke of for 
strawberries? 
Mr. Thayer: It is not so convenient for strawberries, be- 
cause itis apt totip up. We have had some discussion here on 
the question of boxes in which to ship our fruit. Now, the 
wine measure quart box contains 57? cubic inches, and the dry 
measure quart contains 671 cubic inches. We use a box that is 
called the scant quart. This one that I show you is one of 
them. Now, youtake that box level full and it holds 60 }?ths 
cubic inches; more than the wine measure and less than the dry 
measure quart. If you will notice you will see that it is a diff- 
' erent shaped box from that generally used. I have it made es- 
pecially for my use. It is broader and not so deep as the ordi- 
nary box, and [ think this is an advantage. Now, I take that 
box, and instead of making it just even full, I take and round it 
up a little, so that when it reaches the market it will be a little 
more than even full, and I am assured by dealers all over the 
country who have used them, that it gives very much better sat- 
isfaction than the old way. By this method of filling, you get 
a full quart in the box as it leaves the farm. We know it be- 
cause we have tried it many times. 
(The box described by Mr. Thayer was here examined by diff- 
erent members of the society. ) 
Mr. Hamilton: I have sometimes thought that it would be 
a good plan to put the names of the varieties of our berries on 
the cases that we ship them in. I would like to hear from Mr. 
Thayer on that subject. 
Mr. Thayer: As an educational measure I think it would be 
a very good thing. I have investigated the subject somewhat 
by diligent inquiry among commission houses in Chicago, Min- 
neapolis and St. Paul, and the commission merchants do not 
seem to think that it makes much difference. They say that 
there is not one buyer in ahundred that ever knows or cares what 
the variety is. Still,I believe it would bea good plan to put the 
name of the berry on each box as suggested by Mr. Hamilton, 
and I think the public would soon become educated to under- 
stand the different varieties of berries in the same manner that 
they now understand the different varieties of apples. And in 
time they would want to know the name of the fruit they buy, as 
well as they now do the names of many other things they pur- 
chase. Isee no reason why it is not just as important in the 
