CHAPTER XIII. 



PACKING, 



AFTER mastering the cultivation, the packing of fruit is 

 of the greatest importance. This can be best studied by 

 an occasional visit to Covent Garden, or the other 

 markets where foreign imports can be seen. 



The Americans send strawberries in crates many 

 hundreds of miles, by packing them in small square chip 

 baskets, three tiers high. A slip of wood is put between 

 each tier, and twelve to eighteen are packed in a tier in 

 the crates. This should answer for all soft fruit for 

 sending on long distances. 



