number of ^Mcintosh apples that way setting the upper bas- 

 kets on the edges of those below which is not satisfactory. 



I was reading in one of the papers recently of a pack- 

 age, a larger basket than the 14-quart peach basket, and as 

 the bottom is out, one can practically face them like a bar- 

 rel. I was very glad to see some on exhibition downstairs. 

 If you are interested, look at it, it is going to be a pretty 

 good thing. I haven't tried them yet, but T think we will 

 next year if we have any apples. 



Of course, we are quite careful about grading them. 

 Anyway you can see through the cracks and so forth and 

 see what you put into the basket. We shouldn't care much 

 about the Apple Grading LaAv if we put them in barrels, 

 but I do not care much about the basket for winter apples 

 like Baldwins or later apples, but a pretty good thing for 

 the early fruit, ^Mcintosh and those varieties. It has been 

 very satisfactory with me, but not perfect as I say. I am 

 looking for something else and this package downstairs, 

 looks good to me. 



THE CHAIR:\rAX: I Avould like to ask if they have the 

 same size you have been using? 



]MR. GEEK : The same size, and some twice as large. 

 14 quarts, and some 32, and some are larger. 



THE (TIAIR:\rAN: What size basket would you rec- 

 ommend, the larger or smaller? 



MR. GEER : I do not know whther the large ones will 

 sell for enough more to pay to use them or not. 



:\rR. :\nLES: what is the cover? 



]\rR. HUBBARD : On these dow^istairs they are wood 

 covers fastened so you can face them on the bottom. The 

 bottom comes out of the basket and they have a cover 

 fastened on the top. You can face them just like a barrel 

 of apples. When you open them the top is off and you have 

 a nice faced package, looks better than those built with the 

 s<'reen cloths. 



MR. ROGERS of Conn.: Our market has for some 

 years used the peach basket. This last year we sold a lot 



