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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Fk;. 1783. Thk Wilson Fruit Cask. 



INGENIOUS PACKAGES. 



fHfc) Hi^itation over inspection of fruit 

 packajj'es has j^iven rise to several 

 new inventions of packag^es adapted 

 '^pi for the purpose. The barrel is notori- 

 ous for being- packed fraudulently, and cannot 



Fu;. 1784. Thk Wartman Fruit Cask 



be inspected without emptying out the whole 

 contents, and for these two reasons a different 

 package for high grade stock is being pro- 

 posed. In our regular shipments we have 

 been using a bushel case 24 x 12 x 12 scant, 

 which when filled weighs about 55 lbs., 

 and holds about four layers of 2^ inch 

 apples, of four apples wide and eight long, 

 or in all 128 apples. 



During the winter just passed two new 

 fruit cases have been patented, one by Mr. PI. 

 H. Wartman, of Kingston, the inventor of 

 the fruit grader and which is shown in Fig. 

 1 784, which affords an easy method of remov- 

 ing each layer on its tray and replacing the 

 whole without disturbing them. Mr. Wart- 

 writes, " I forward you a photo of my new 

 patent fruit box, known as Wartman's Safe 

 Shipping Fruit Box. It has two points 

 worthy of notice, (i) every apple or pear can 

 be inspected in five seconds without disturb- 

 ing one apple or pear. (2) The reversible 

 padded trays keep the fruit from bruising, 

 as each apple is slightly imbedded in a pad, 

 which also acts as an absorbent of mois- 

 ture." 



The other fruit case has been invented by 

 Wm. Wilson, of London, Ont., the inventor 

 of the well known o.'g^ case, and the differ- 



