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the purchaser, who would ordinarily expect to find only 

 high-grade fruit in this type of package. 



The Delaware basket (Plate XXVII, center and bottom) is 

 a splint-made container having a capacity of one-half bushel. 

 It is widely used, especially in some of the eastern peach dis- 

 tricts. Fruit of all marketable grades is shipped in it. 

 The ease and rapidity with which fruit can be packed is one 

 of its chief advantages. Besides, it requires less skill to fill 

 it properly than is the case with several of the other types ; 

 it is convenient to handle, and its capacity fits the needs 

 of large numbers of consumers. 



The bushel basket (Plate XXXI) is being used more and 

 more. It has some of the desirable features of the Dela- 

 ware basket and is relatively a cheaper package. 



The box (Plate XXX) is used but little, if any, by eastern 

 growers, but is common in some of the peach districts of the 

 intermountain and Pacific coast states. Fruit thus packed 

 reaches the mark of the East in some quantity. The box 

 is 18 inches long, 11^ inches wide, and may be 4, 4-|-, or 5 inches 

 deep, depending on the size of the fruit to be packed. 



The flat (Plate XXXI) is more often used for tomatoes, 

 apricots, and plums than for peaches, but the latter fruit is 

 sometimes packed in it. The type of flat most often seen 

 holds four baskets or tills similar to those used in the Georgia 

 carrier. They are placed in the flat in pairs end to end. 



The Climax basket (Plate XXXII) most often used for 

 peaches is the size designated as the "20-pound" or third- 

 bushel basket. However, not many growers use this pack- 

 age for peaches. 



Various other kinds and sizes of packages are used oc- 

 casionally in marketing peaches, but it is unnecessary to 

 discuss them here. 



