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detriment. In very many cases, it is the packing 

 and the package which sells the fruit, more than 

 the fruit itself. When fruits are sold by the defi- 

 nite 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 a person can scarcely 

 expect to hold a superior trade for a great length 

 of time. 



The most popular package at the present time 

 for grapes, peaches and apricots is the Climax 

 basket, which is made in various styles and sizes. 

 Some of the common forms are shown in Fig. 95. 

 These are made in sizes holding from 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 one which is neatly 

 made, with no splinters or tag ends hanging from 

 it, which is firm and symmetrical in shape, well 

 nailed, and which is perfectly clean or white in 

 appearance. Baskets become yellow and discol- 

 ored 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 which 

 have been left over from the last year are some- 

 what dingy, it is sometimes possible to bleach 

 them by burning a little sulfur in tne room. 



The grower, then, will begin some months in 

 advance to look up the packages which he shall 

 use, for he will thereby not only suit himself and 



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