POTATO CULTURE. 



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Slatted Bushel Boxes. 



In these we use the same ends 

 that we do in the above solid 

 boxes, but the sides and bottoms 

 consist of slats fx2, five on each 

 side and six on the bottom. 

 Since adopting the following 

 all-slatted boxes we do not sell 

 many of this pattern. Slatted 

 boxes are not usually iron- 

 bound, because they would be 

 quite liable to catch where the 

 iron crosses the crack between 

 the slats. These boxes are also packed 12 in a crate, 10 in 

 the flat being packed inside of two nailed up, and nails in- 

 cluded for the 10 ; a crate weighs about 80 Ibs. Price $1.50. 

 These boxes furnished, all nailed up, in lots of 10 or more, at 

 18 cents each. 



All-Slatted Boxes. 



This is the cheapest box we make, and the one we now sell 

 the most of. The ends are made in the same way as above, 

 except that we use six slats instead of boards crosswise, thus 

 making them open on the ends as well as the sides. I hese 

 are used for tomatoes, apples, cucumbers, etc. In fact, 

 there is nothing of about the size of these, and larger, that 

 could not be handled in these crates. They are as cheap to 



