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has the additional advantage that the fruit may be 

 sold out in four-quart parcels, the amount which 

 seems to be especially attractive to most consumers. 

 The next most important basket in the market 

 is the Jersey basket, made in the form of a truncated 

 cone. This basket is cheap and easily handled. The 

 quantity of fruit which it carries is satisfactory to 



THE BUSHEL BASKET 



most consumers, so the package may be handled 

 directly from the orchard to the consumer without 

 being re-sorted in any way. These Jersey peach 

 baskets have been made in various sizes all the way 

 from two quarts to two bushels, but the correct and 

 popular size is the i6-quart or half-bushel basket. 

 In a good many states this size has been legalized, 

 and in some all other sizes have been ruled out by 

 law. 



