542 THE HANDBOOK FOR PRACTICAL FARMERS 



Table of Commercial Box Packs 



PACKAGES FOR TRUCK CROPS, INCLUDING STRAW- 

 BERRIES 



L. C. CORBETT 



Potatoes. — Truck crop potatoes are shipped from the Atlantic 

 seaboard points in ventilated barrels holding two and three- 

 quarter bushels ; from the Mississippi Valley and Gulf States in 

 sacks holding one hundred and ninety-five pounds ; from Maine 

 in sacks holding one hundred and sixty-five pounds, and from 

 California and Colorado sections in sacks holding one hundred 

 pounds (everything in this region being sold by net weight 

 rather than by bushel). In northern sections of Vermont, New 

 York, Michigan, Wisconsin, potatoes are largely sold in bulk by 

 M^eight at so much per bushel. During the cooler portions of the 

 year sweet potatoes are shipped in standard, double-headed bar- 

 rels after the potatoes are cured. 



Cabbages. — From the Atlantic seaboard states south of Bal- 

 timore are shipped either in crates or ventilated barrels holding 

 two and three-quarter bushels. These crates are usually flat, 

 about three feet long. In the North crates three feet square are 

 often used for shipment of cabbage, but the general crop grown 

 for storage and for the manufacture of kraut is sold in bulk by 

 the ton (heads trimmed). 



Cauliflower. — From the southern fields is almost universally 



