CHAPTER XIV. 



PACKING OF VEGETABLES FOR SHIPPING. 



This is a matter for which it is not very easy to give 

 directions, as the distance, season, and articles to he packed 

 will greatly determine the manner in which it is to be 

 done ; hut a few general directions may assist the inex- 

 perienced. 



The mode of packing during spring and summer is al- 

 most entirely the reverse of that practiced during autumn 

 or winter, for the reason that, when the temperature is 

 high, provision must he made in the package for the ad- 

 mission of air to prevent the articles from heating ; while 

 in cold weather, when there is hut little danger from heat- 

 ing, hut more to be apprehended from frost, close packages 

 must be used accordingly. 



As early vegetables are always shipped from a warm 

 climate to a colder one, at a season which, of course, must 

 be warm to mature them, open work baskets or slatted 

 boxes must be used. If barrels are used, care must be 

 taken that openings be made plentifully in the sides, so 

 that air may be admitted. For distances requiring a delay 

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