420 The Principles of Fruit-growing. 



the market, but lie will likely be able to secure 

 his packages at a lower cost if he gets them 

 early in the season ; and he will, in any event, 

 be sure of his packages in case there should be a 

 large demand for them at marketing time. It is 

 well to secure the illustrated price- lists of the manu- 

 facturers, and to thoroughly canvas the subjects of 

 styles and prices some months in advance. 



All packages smaller than a half peck should be 

 shipped in crates. It is customary to use crates 

 with slat sides and an abundance of openings, in 

 order to insure complete ventilation; but if the fruits 

 are firm and dry when they are picked, and are then 

 reduced to a lower temperature, they can be shipped 

 in unventilated crates, generally with better results 

 (page 397). The shriveling and shrinkage of the 

 fruits will be less in the tight crates, and decay will 

 ordinarily be less also. These crates should be gift 

 packages, and made out of light split stuff, as bas- 



NOTE. The pictures in Figs. 94-97, pages 418, 419, 422, 42,'i, are shown 

 for the purpose of acquainting the reader with some of the leading types 

 of fruit packages now in use. 



Fig. 94. No. 1, common quart berry box ; 2, the bottom, in flat ; .'!, 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. 95. No. 1, veneer peach basket ; 2, standard peach basket ; 3, veneer 

 straight-sided basket ; 4, vegetable basket ; 5, California peaches, wrapped 

 in paper ; 6, a frequent result in the market ; 7-11, various styles of Cli- 

 max baskets ; 12, 13, baskets for apple-picking (same number of apples in 

 each, but those in 13 from sprayed trees, those in 12 from untreated trees). 



Fig. 90. -No. 1, Diamond market basket ; 2, 16-pint basket-tray ; 3-9, vari- 

 ous styles of crates for berry boxes. 



Fig. 97. No. 1, crate for Leslie boxes ; 2, 4-quart hand-tray ; 3, 24-quart 

 crate; 4, till-basket crate ; f>, 6, fruit boxes- (holding from % to 1 bus.); 7, 



