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The Principles of Fruit-growing. 



packages into others, and this sorting should be 

 done in a cool shed or packing room. In the pick- 



Fig. 77. Dundee berry st 



ing of small fruits, various kinds of trays or stands 

 are used. In strawberries, it is important that these 

 stands should have legs, so that when the package 

 is set down it will not crush the berries, and 

 neither will it be so likely to tip over. Such 

 stands are handy for grapes, 

 or for any kind of berry 

 fruits as well. Fig. 77 

 shows a type of berry- 

 stand which is largely used 

 in parts of New York for 

 the picking of raspberries 

 and blackberries. This 

 stand holds six one -quart 

 boxes, and a tier is 



easily stacked upon another, one tier or layer 

 of stands breaking joints with those above and 



Fig. 78. Berry-tray made of slice 

 iron, with band-iron handle. 



