PREPARATION FOR GATHERING FRUIT. 



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there being a thin band within which holds both ends to- 

 gether. This box would answer better for Currants and 

 Gooseberries, than for Raspberries and similar fruit, as it 



Fig. 121. GUERNSEY BOX. 



Fig. 122. JOHNSTON'S CASE. 



is not ventilated ; but ventilation might be given by 

 boring holes through one end. 



n's Premium Fruit Case 



Is made up of four trays seventeen inches wide, twenty- 

 three inches long, and three inches deep, holding a little 

 over one half bushel ; side pieces, 1, in figure 122, half 

 inch thick, three inches wide, twenty-three inches long ; 

 ends, 2, three-eighths of an inch thick, three inches 

 wide, and nineteen and a half inches long ; bottoms of 

 three upper trays half inch thick ; standards, 5, two 

 inches by three-quarters by fifteen ; cover cleats, 6, two 

 inches by three-quarters by eighteen ; tops, 4, twenty- 

 four inches by six by three-eighths ; handles, 2, twenty- 

 three inches by two by five-eighths ; bot- 

 toms of case twenty-four inches by six by 

 half ; the bottom tray is made of heavier 

 stuff, sides, 4, in figure 123, five-eighths of 

 an inch thick, end one and a half inch thick 

 and sides are let into the ends, as seen in 

 1 ; this tends to strengthen the standard, 2, 

 which is firmly nailed to both side and end pieces. 

 The trays are separated by slats three-eighths of an 



Fig. 123. 



