The Packages 



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is a detriment. In many cases, it is the packing and the 

 package that sells the fruit, as much as the fruit itself. 



When fruits are sold by the definite quantity, as by the 

 quart, the peck or the bushel, the packages should be full 

 measure. It sometimes happens that for a time a man 

 secures as much for a short or "snide" package as for 

 one of full measure; but such person 

 can scarcely expect to hold a superior 

 trade for a great length of time. The 

 laws are now en- 

 forcing full-measure 

 packages. 



FIG. 153. Peach- 

 basket forms. 



FIG. 154. Peach- 

 basket covers. 



FIG. 155. The half -bushel 

 shipping-basket. 



One of the standard packages for grapes, peaches and 

 apricots is the Climax basket, made in various styles and 

 sizes. Some of the common forms are shown in Fig. 150, 

 Nos. 7-11. These are made in sizes holding five to ten or 

 twelve pounds of fruit. They are handy, cheap, nest well 

 in the shipment, and are durable. A good basket of any 

 kind should be neatly made, with no splinters or tag-ends 

 hanging from it, which is firm and symmetrical in shape, 

 well nailed, and perfectly clean or white in appearance. 

 Baskets become yellow and discolored if they are left in 

 the sun; therefore, when they are stored, they should be 

 placed in a clean and dark dry loft or room. If packages 

 left over from the last year are somewhat dingy, it is some- 

 times possible to bleach them by burning a little sulfur 

 in the room. 



