Picking and Packing the Fruit 399 



table and extending lengthwise, is provided on which bas- 

 kets and other supplies are placed for the convenience of 

 the packers. 



In a large packing-house the work must be organized and 

 systematized if it is to go forward smoothly and effectively. 

 An equitable grouping of the labor into packers, handlers, 

 nailers, and the like, is usually necessary. As a rule, all the 

 workers should be responsible to a packing-house foreman 

 or manager, though the owner often serves in this capacity. 

 The handlers should keep the packers supplied with fruit 

 and packages and should remove the latter from the packing 

 tables when filled. The nailers attach the covers to the 

 packages. The handlers may also serve as nailers when the 

 extent of the operations renders it practicable. 



While men should be employed for the heavier work about 

 the packing-house, many growers prefer women and girls as 

 packers. They adapt themselves better than men, as a rule, 

 to the details of making a high-grade pack. 



Packages. 



Several different styles of packages are used in marketing 

 peaches. Some are regional and meet special conditions or 

 needs, while others are widely used or have some significance 

 with respect to the grade of fruit which they are supposed to 

 contain. The Georgia carrier, or crate, Delaware basket, 

 bushel basket, box, flat, and Climax basket are the packages 

 most often used. 



The Georgia carrier (Plate XXX) contains six baskets or 

 "tills" each holding about four quarts. This package is 

 widely used among peach-growers for the better grades of 

 fruit. Sometimes a grower is unwise enough to use it for a 

 poor grade, but this practice suggests a purpose to deceive 



