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The Principles of Fruit-growing 



The packages. 



Some of the many forms of packages for fruits are 

 shown in the pictures. These are: 



Fig. 149. No. 1, common quart berry box; 2, the 

 bottom, in flat; 3, the sides, in flat; 4, 5, 7, till baskets; 6, 

 paper basket, set up; 8, oblong quart boxes; 9, 10, metal- 

 topped baskets; 11, bushel basket with slat cover; 12, 

 common splint peach basket; 13, same, with cover. 



Fig. 150. No. 1, veneer peach basket; 2, standard 

 peach basket; 3, veneer straight-sided basket; 4, vege- 

 table basket; 5, 

 California peaches, 

 wrapped in paper; 

 6, a frequent result 

 in the market ; 7-1 1 , 

 various styles of 

 Climax baskets; 12, 

 13,basketsforapple- 

 picking (the illustra- 

 tion also shows same 

 number of apples in 

 each basket or pile, 

 but those in 13 

 from sprayed trees, 

 those in 12 from 

 untreated trees). 



Fig. 151. No. 

 1, Diamond market 

 basket; 2, 16-pint 

 basket - tray ; 3-9, 

 various styles of 

 crates for berry 



FIG. 150. Various types of baskets. 



