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PROFITABLE FRUIT-GROWING. 



and productive ; James Veitch larger and later. 

 The old Princess Alice is good for field-culture and 

 travelling. The comparatively new variety, Noble, 

 is the first and largest Strawberry in the market, and 

 tons realised a shilling a pound last June, selected 

 fruits considerably more. This and Sir Joseph 

 Paxton are especially recommended for affording 

 profitable crops. 



Packing the Fruit. Selected fruits placed 

 in the market in the best condition, without bruises 

 or abrasions, always realise high prices, and es- 

 pecially if arranged in neat receptacles such as 



purchasers can take away 

 with them. Eound chip 

 punnets (Fig. 7) have long 

 been used for this pur- 

 pose. They are made in 

 different sizes, and those 

 about six inches in dia- 

 meter, and two deep, are in 

 For later pickings, which 

 are smaller, narrower and deeper, punnets known 

 as tl deep pounds" are preferred. They are packed 

 as shown in fig. 8, page 31, a number being ar- 

 ranged in a box. The boxes may be deep enough 

 for holding two or more tiers, the movable floor for 

 the upper resting on battens nailed on the sides of 



Fig. 7. 

 PUNNET OF STRAWBERRIES. 



favour for fine fruits. 



