THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



you ship at once of your shipment, and 

 be sure you give them the important 

 particulars. If you were pleased with 

 their previous sale, give your agent a 

 word of encouragement occasionally. A 

 rubber stamp and pad is a very service- 



able thing and can be had for five cents 

 and this form of printing press can be 

 operated by anybody, and all your 

 empty packages plainly marked with 

 your name and address before the rush 

 hour of shipment. — Market Gardener. 



FRUIT PACKAGES. 



rE are constantly seeking after 

 improvements in our fruit 

 packages ; for although the 6 

 quart and the 12 quart baskets are ex- 

 cellent, and just the thing for near mar- 

 kets, they are not so well adapted for 

 long distance shipments. For peaches 

 and choice grapes too, smaller baskets 

 of three and five pounds are wanted by 

 the buyers, in which they can carry 

 home enough for the dessert table. We 

 have a very nice case made fur our 

 English shipments 2 ft. long, i foot 

 wide and 5 inches deep, in which 4 

 veneer baskets fit, side by side, a very 

 good package. Since getting that 

 package we have noticed the following 

 in the R. N. Y. which is at least sug- 

 gestive, and if we could find the address 

 of the maker we would be glad to secure 

 a sample. 



In Figs. 141 9 and 1420 are shown 

 types of very neat, handy and service- 

 able crates that are used for shipping 

 fruits and vegetables from the South. 

 Fig 1419 contains eight three-pound 



baskets, and Fig. 1420, eight five- 

 pound baskets. There are many vari- 



FiG. U19. 



ations in the style and size of these 

 packages, but all are made on the same 

 general plan. They are light and con- 

 venient to handle, give good ventilation, 



Fig. 1420. 



protect the contents, and are much liked 

 by retailers, as the small baskets are 

 just of a size for retailers convenience. 



The Bartlett Pear, the great 

 favorite among cultivators and con- 

 sumers the world over, is known in 

 England as Williams, and in France as 

 Poire Guillaume. Already (Aug. 13), 

 this excellent pear is beginning to arrive 

 in the English markets, both from 



France and from California. We are 

 very anxious to have our Canadian 

 Bartletts placed on the English markets 

 and we hope that this season's experi- 

 mental shipments will prove the superi- 

 ority of the Canadian product 



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