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the Western states, and now practically no apples are 

 shipped in barrels from west of the Mississippi. Boxes 

 have been found to be more convenient for the western 

 trade, and are cheaper and easier to handle. It is pre- 

 dicted that in a few years barrels will be displaced 

 altogether by the standard apple box. All the citrus 

 fruit from both the South and West is shipped in boxes. 

 Pears and quinces are shipped in both boxes and bar- 



Fig. 29. 



a Standard orange box, 12 x 12 x 27 ins.; b Pineapple crate, 

 12 x 1034 x 36 ins. 



rels, depending upon whether grown in the East or 

 "West, the West using, for the most part, the standard 

 box. 



For the more perishable fruits like peaches, plums, 

 apricots, etc., baskets of some kind are used. These 

 baskets are of widely varied types. Most of them, how- 

 ever, are splint baskets made of hard wood, and the 

 smaller ones are crated in some kind of a box container 

 for ease in transportation. The Western people prefer 

 the small two- or four-quart baskets shipped in box con- 

 tainers. Many of the Central and Eastern states ship 

 direct to market in baskets of one-sixth, one-half or 

 one bushel measure. Small fruit, with the exception 

 of cranberries, is almost invariably shipped in quart or 



