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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition 



been a steady progress in the work of 

 eliminating unnecessary and deceptive 

 sizes from the list of containers used in 

 marketing fruits and vegetables, says the 

 bulletin. The passage of the United States 

 container act, establishing standards for 

 grape baskets, berry boxes, and small till 

 baskets, followed in 1916. 



Many Sizes Increase Cost. 

 The serious lack of uniformity of con- 

 tainers increases the cost of marketing, 



say the specialistB, because of the greater 

 expense of manufacturing a large number 

 of unnecessary styles and sizes and by 

 breakage In transit, which is sometimes 

 directly attributable to the difficulty of 

 loading odd-sized containers. There are in 

 common use at present about 40 sizes of 

 cabbage crates, 20 styles of celery crates, 

 30 lettuce crates or boxes, 50 styles and 

 sizes of hampers, 15 styles and sizes of 

 round-stave baskets varying in sizes from 



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1 to 24 quarts, whereas relatively few 

 standard sizes would satisfy all demands 

 of the trade. In many cases the 6-quart 

 market basket, the 14-quart peach basket, 

 the %-bushel bean hamper, and the 5-peck 

 lettuce hamper are confused with peck, 

 half-bushel, and IV^-bushel baskets. 



Containers Recommended. 



The two acts referred to, which estab- 

 lish standard containers, have done away 

 with a large number of unnecessary sizes 

 of barrels, berry boxes and grape baskets, 

 and have awakened a widespread demand 

 for the application of the same principal to 

 other containers, says the bulletin. At 

 present there is no standard hamper, which 

 Is one of the most widely used types of 

 containers, especially popular in the east- 

 ern and central states. Almost 30,000,000 

 of these baskets are used annually. The 

 sizes of hampers which are recommended 

 by the bureau of markets as being suffi- 

 cient in number to satisfy all legitimate 

 requirements of the trade are as follows: 

 8-quart, or 1 peck; 16-quart, or V6-bushel; 

 32-quart or 1 bushel; 48-quart, or m- 

 bushel. It is suggested that the latter be 

 made in two styles to meet the preference 

 in various parts of the country. 



The round-stave basket, for which there is 

 no standard, is popular in all regions ex- 

 cept the southern and middle Atlantic 

 states and on the Pacific coast. About 20,- 

 000,000 such baskets are manufactured an- 

 nuall. The sizes which are recommeHded 

 as standards by the Bureau of Markets 

 nually. The sizes which are recommended 

 for the hamper except for the elimination 

 of the 8-quart size. The splint, or veneer 

 baskets, for which there are also no stand- 

 ards, are well known to the public as mar- 

 ket baskets. The sizes which are proposed 

 by the bureau of markets are five In num- 

 ber— 4, 8, 12, 16 and 24 quart. 



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Out March 4, 1922 



This special number should appeal to every 

 advertiser of equipment and supplies of in- 

 terest to fruit growers and horticulturists. It 

 deals with fertilizing problems of the orchardist 

 and gardener. 



DOMINION FRUIT CONFERENCE 



A full report of the coming Dominion Fruit 

 Conference will also be given. Copies of the 

 issue containing this will be sent to every mem- 

 ber of every provincial fruit association in 

 Canada. 



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 offering. 



Forms close February 20-25. 



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