260 SMALL FRUIT CULTURIST. 



bottom is set within the sides, and about three-fourths of 



Fig. 105. CRATE OF AMERICAN BASKETS. 



an inch above the lower edge, so that when one box is set 

 in the crate above the other, there will be a small space 



between the fruit of the lower 

 one and the bottom of the one 

 above. This also admits of 

 each box being filled a little 

 more than even full, and still 

 the fruit will not be crushed 

 by the one above it. 



These boxes are used in 

 large quantities at the West, 

 also considerably in some portions of the East. Some 

 fruit growers object to any box or basket with perpendic- 

 ular sides, because the fruit will settle more in carrying 

 than when the sides slope, as in the American basket. 

 There are advantages in both forms, also disadvantages. 

 A square box, with perpendicular sides, packs and remains 

 more firmly in its place than any other, but ventilation 

 through the sides cannot be obtained, and the fruit will 

 certainly crush more readily than in boxes with sloping 

 sides. 



The price of the Hallock box I am unable to give, as 



te. 10t;. HALLOCK FRUIT BOX. 



