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We use 8 basket carriers, en'd pieces of % i"- l)oard, 

 5I/2 in- X llV-i ill-, bottom of two pieces of California orange 

 box boards 2 in. long, and a piece of lath on the side near 

 the bottom just to keep the basket from slipping: the handles 

 are % in- x 2 in. x 2 in. and nailed on middle of top. These 

 are light and handy and can be cross piled when filled. 



The pickers pick and pick only. Other men fill the car- 

 riers with empty baskets, take them to the pickers and re- 

 turn to the wagon with the full ones, or pile them in the 

 shade until the team comes to take them to the bai"n floor 

 60x12 where they are prepared for market. The barn is not 

 used for cattle, has large doors open at each' end and is as 

 cool as any place on the farm in which to handle the fruit. 

 Telephone and electric liglits are there and house is near and 

 it is really quite a busy place when 2000 to 5000 baskets a 

 day are going through. The good wife with her helpers 

 sorts and arranges the berries on large ta])les. placing a label 

 over the middle of each basket. These labels are 1 in. wide, 

 10 in. long, of white paper Avith "Mann" printed in blue 

 ink on the middle and the combination of colors, retl, white 

 and blue is A^-ry popular in this country. This label not 

 only shows Avhose fruit it is, but also means that I will re- 

 place any found unsatisfactory and I often go as far as to 

 help out a dealer who l)uys too heavily and loses by keeping 

 too long. This is not only good treatment of the trade, but 

 is good business: it pays. A little dab of paste on each end 

 of the label sticks it on each side of basket so that it holds 

 just al)ove the berries. 



Berries are jiacked in lightly built trays holding 20 

 baskets each. 5 ])askets long and 4 wide. They are painted 

 preen Avith a good gloss and as near a foliage shade as j)ossi- 

 })le and ahvays find their place in the center of the shoAv 

 AvindoAV in the store and fruit stands, attracting the atten- 

 lion of every passer ])y and outselling the old style crate 

 stock over and over again. ]\ruch time is saved in selling 

 in these 20 qt. ti'ays as it is very easA^ for all sorts of people 

 to figure 20 times any price. Avhile taking a lot of time and 



