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SMALL FKUIT CULTUEIST. 



in the morning when going to business, and thereby have 

 a very plausible excuse for not bringing 

 home some fruit for tea. This box was 

 invented for the purpose of relieving 

 fruit growers of one of the most annoy- 

 ing incidents of sending their fruit a long 

 distance to market the necessity of hav- 

 ing their crates and boxes returned to 

 them. It supplies a want which has 

 always existed in the berry trade, and 

 will be sold so cheap that it can be given 

 away with the fruit. In appearance, it 

 is remarkably neat, light, but substantial, 

 while the fruit will always go to market 

 in a perfectly clean box. Though given 

 away, it will save the grower money, 

 enable him to get a better price for his 

 fruit, and put an end to the annual loss 

 of boxes, besides saving him the neces- 

 sity of keeping a vast quantity of the 

 boxes and crates on hand to provide for 

 the delay of returning them. 



The box is composed of two pieces of 

 veneer. Figure 114 represents a piece 

 which is folded up into four sides of the 

 box. It is scored or cut at the dotted 

 lines, so that it can be folded up into 

 a shell as readily as a piece of paste- 

 board. The tongue, at the left-hand 

 end, buckles into the two slots at the 

 right-hand end, just like closing a pocket 

 book. A notch on the end of the tongue 

 catches so effectually, after being buckled 

 in, as to hold the shell firmly together. 



The bottom is shown in figure 115. 

 The two tongues at the end are alsp 



. 114. SIDE OF 

 FRUIT BOX. 



