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SMALL FRUIT CULTTJKIST. 



seen in fig. 14. The cover has also a narrow slat at each end. 

 The cover is fastened by bending a piece of hoop iron 

 around the standard, and fastening it to both sides of the 

 cover cleats with screws, and a spring made of the same 

 is attached to the inside edge of the standard, runs up 

 through, and hooks over the band of hoop iron, the stand- 

 ard being sawed out to admit of working the spring, as 

 seen in fig. 14. 



Care should be taken to make the trays all square, and 

 the covers all alike, so that each will fit in any case. In 

 order to have the standards all alike, the handles should 

 not be put on until after the covers are. In getting out a 

 bill of material, have it sawed in planks at the saw mill, 

 as thick as you want the pieces wide, and have it worked 

 up by circular saw." 



I am not aware that this style of case is in use at the 

 East, but it is a western invention, and used by growers in 

 that section. 



Sin i i It'- Grape B5< \ . 



Though made with reference to packing grapes, this 

 box will answer for Currants, Gooseberries, and those fruits 



that do not especi- 

 ally need ventila- 

 tion. The sides of 

 this box are made, 

 of veneer, cut part- 

 ly through at the 

 edges where it 

 bends over the end 

 pieces, which are 

 thick enough to al- 

 Fig. 116. SMITH'S GRAPE BOX. low the sides to be 



nailed to them. The cover fastens down by tacking the 

 flap to the ends. They are made with the sides, top and 

 bottom all in one piece, as shown in figure 116, or with 



