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varieties of the Strawberry. They are usually made by 

 the fruit growers themselves in winter, but sometimes 

 they are made for sale, and the price varies from $10 to 

 $15 per 1,000. A half dozen of the larger varieties of 

 Strawberries will fill one of these Jersey baskets. 



The Raspberry baskets formerly used in New York 

 State, were mainly of this style, but a little larger ; other 

 kinds of baskets are now rapidly coming into use, and it 

 is to be hoped that our small fruits will soon be sold by 

 measure, and not by the basket, regardless of its size, 

 whether it be the size of a thimble, or will hold a half pint 

 or pint, as formerly. 



Baskets or boxes holding a pint or quart, full measure, 

 are most in vogue at the present time, and new patterns 

 are constantly being brought forward, each claiming to be 

 an improvement upon its immediate predecessor. 



With most of the small fruits ventilation is requisite to 

 preservation for even a very short time, and this very e&> 

 sential point has not been lost sight of by the manufac- 

 turers of most of the new boxes or baskets now before 

 the public. 



When fruit is only to be transported a short distance, 

 and will reach the consumer within twelve or fifteen hours 

 after being gathered, ventilation, farther than that which 

 it will receive through an open crate, is not very import- 

 ant, or scarcely necessary. 



The idea of ventilation applied to baskets or boxes is a 

 good one, particularly for some kinds of fruit, but there is 

 no necessity of carrying it to extremes, so that the vessels 

 made for holding fruit are scarcely more than fragile 

 wooden nets. 



The following are some of the most popular baskets 

 now in use at the East. All are patented : 



American Basket* 



This, basket is manufactured by the American Basket 



