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CHERRY. 15} inches in length ; ends 8} by 3. 



FIG. The two-layer fig box is 20 inches long ; ends 2 by 

 3 \ inches, and holds about 20 pounds. The single layer is the 

 same length and width, but 2 inches deep, and holds about 12 

 pounds. 



GRAPES. The same as that used for plums in distant ship- 

 ment, except that the depth is usually 5 inches, and the con- 

 tents about 25 pounds of fruit. Grapes are also shipped in 

 4-pound splint baskets, of which 4 go in a half crate, or 8 in a 

 whole crate. 



MELOXS. Cantaloupe crates 38 inches long, 1(5 inches wide, 

 and 15 inches deep. Watermelons come in bulk in cars, or in 

 large cases of all descriptions. 



ORANGES. Flat boxes 22 inches long, ends 7| by 17} inches. 

 It is divided into two parts by a central partition. The pre- 

 vailing orange box at present is about 26} inches long, ends 

 11^ inches square, with a central partition. 



SMALL FRUITS. Chests or crates which contain 10, 15, or 20 

 drawers. The drawers are 15} inches long, ends 8 by If 

 inches. The sizes have been constantly decreasing. The old 

 drawers held 5 pounds of strawberries ; the present weight is 

 about 4 pounds. 



PACKAGES FOR DRIED FRUITS. 25-pound box: Inside 

 measurements length, 13| inches; width, 9 inches; depth, 

 5 J inches. Outside measurements length, 15 \ inches ; width, 

 10^ inches ; depth, 6} inches ; top, bottom, and sides, f of an 

 inch thick ; ends, \ of an inch thick. 



A More Flat Package: Inside measurements length, 16 

 inches ; width, 9 inches ; depth, 5 inches. Outside measure- 

 ments length, Yi\ inches; width, 9| inches; depth, 5| 

 inches ; top, bottom, and sides, f of an inch thick ; ends, of 

 an inch thick. 



Fifty-Pound Box : Inside measurements length, 15 \ inches ; 

 width, 9 inches ; depth, 9 inches. Outside measurements 

 length, Yl\ inches; width, 10 inches ; depth, 10 inches ; top, 

 bottom, and sides, } inch thick ; ends, 1 inch thick. 



SACKS FOR DRIED FRUIT. White cotton sacks, made of what 



