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stand, and it cannot move. With care in keeping the box level, right side up, and 

 not jolting it severely, the grapes may be taken any distance without disturbing the 

 bloom. 



Mr. E. Inglis, in The Journal of Horticulture, Vol. VII., third series, page 546, 

 gives the following directions for making a good and simple form of box, represented 

 in Fig. 93, preceding page. " Take a piece of J-inch deal, 10 inches wide by 12 inches 

 long, cut it perfectly square at both ends, draw a pencil mark to correspond with the 

 dotted lines in Fig. 94, each 1 inch from the ends and parallel with them. This leaves 

 the spaces A, B, (7, Z>, a square 10 inches each way, and if cut through with a saw from 

 B to Z>, and set on its square, they will be of the desired angle [45]. Upon these fix 



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Fig. 95. EXHIBITION GRAPE STAND IN A Box. 



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Fig. 96. BOAKD EXHIBITION STANI>. 



the board (f inch thick) for the grapes to rest upon, which for this size will have to 

 be about 14 inches wide. Another piece of deal (^ inch thick) 6 inches wide is fixed 

 at the back of the stand, and rises 2J or 3 inches above it, pierced with two holes 

 opposite where each bunch is to be placed, by which means it is secured with twine 

 or tape. A very thin lath about 2 inches wide is fixed along the front, its upper 

 edge rounded off and standing a little above the board, and similar pieces at each end 

 forming a narrow beading all round make the stand look neat. As to length, each 

 bunch should have 8 or 9 inches of board ; thus a box for three bunches should be 27 

 inches. 



u Fig. 95 shows the stand in a box ready for travelling. It should be just large 

 enough to hold the stand, should be light, and have a handle fixed in the centre of 



