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steni.s oil the trees and many other times the fruit bud for 

 the succeeding years going ofit' with the twig and with the 

 apple. So I think, in consideration of our orchard and par- 

 ticularly our marketing, we ought to consider the picking 

 proposition very carefully. 



Next to the picking problem is the problem of the pack- 

 age. For winter fruit, this is comparatively simple, because 

 we seem to have settled down to the barrel and l)Ox as the 

 j)ackagc and this allows of comparatively less originality 

 and latitude in handling the fruit than perhaps t!ie summer 

 or fall varieties. In this section we have been accustomed 

 to use the Boston market bushel box very freely, and the 

 more I have occasion to study it, the more I am satisfied it is 

 a unique package, and while I presume it came in use large- 

 ly to supply the needs of the market gardeners, yet today I 

 consider this package one that lends itself to many of the 

 conditions and situations very nicely indeed. I have re- 

 peatedly used this bushel as a package for mid-season fruit, 

 to very good advantage. One of the best ways to use it is 

 to have your supply of boxes come to the farm with the four 

 sides nailed together and perhaps what is to be ultimately 

 the top, slatted, but the bottoms not nailed. Then with 

 your better grades of fruit it is possible to face them, or 

 cheek them as it were, showing the cheek of the fruit and 

 \ou get a very attractive package indeed. For hand-picked 

 fruit, for small lots. I consider the bushel box one of the 

 best packages we could possibly employ. Your mill men 

 will do that work for you ; it is possible to get them to put 

 on this little light cover at a very little cost, usually, about 

 one cent per box. 



If you are catering to an especially good market and 

 willing to give liberal measure, you can add to the efficiency 

 »»f that box by putting a little riser on it before you tack on 

 this temporary cover, and that gives your bushel the appear- 

 ance of a full, complete package, so that the bushel box is 

 a very satisfactory package indeed. There are many other 

 packages which lend themselves to the use of one who is 



