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the highest market price can be readily obtained for 

 them. It requires only a little practice to become 

 quite expert in packing fruit in the way described. 

 When baskets are used, they should be lined with 

 white paper, and the pears laid in carefully. Shake 

 the basket gently, occasionally, so that the fruit may 

 settle, and fill the basket a little above the rim, then 

 put on the covers and forward the fruit with as 

 much care as possible to its destination. 



It is not desirable, however, to send fruit to mar- 

 ket in small baskets, unless the grower delivers his 

 own fruit to the dealer. In sending baskets by rail- 

 road or steamboat, the fruit will be stolen from the 

 baskets, and it is a difficult undertaking to get re- 

 dress from such corporations for losses of fruit. 



