FRUIT PACKAGES 



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package. Custom has established some packages as 

 standard, and laws have established others, but most 

 of them ought to conform to some well-recognized stan- 

 dard. First, they must be cheap because, being a gift 

 package, it is not good judgment to spend too much 

 money upon the container of the fruit. Second, they 

 must be light because freight rates are high on most of 

 these packages and any unnecessary weight will only 



Fig. 28. GIFT PACKAGES 



a 14-quart peach basket, round covers; b same, muslin covers; c 



1-bushel hamper, plain; d 1-bushel hamper, braced; e 1-bushel 



peach basket; / */ 2 -bushel peach basket. 



add to the cost of shipping or handling. Third, they 

 must be convenient not only from the packer's stand- 

 point but from the shipper's and consumer's standpoint 

 as well. They ought to be easy to load on wagons or on 

 freight cars; they ought to be easy to handle on the 

 retail market and also convenient for a purchaser to 

 carry home or use in the home after once received. 

 Some of the more perishable fruits are carried home by 

 the consumer and placed immediately into refrigerators. 



