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the American fruit packages are uniform to a most 

 remarkable degree. 



There is much still to be done in securing honest 

 iniiformity of package, and the laws which have been 

 passed in a few states * are efforts in the right direc- 

 tion. For the most part, however, the conditions in 

 the fruit market must be depended on to secure proper 

 packing in honest packages. The commission man's 

 returns are more influential with the average fruit 

 grower than the laws of the state. Legislation in 

 these matters is depended on in Canada to a much 

 greater extent than in the United States. Whether it 

 is any more effective toward the ends sought may be 

 fairly doubted. 



There are still many different kinds of packages in 

 the American trade, a majority of which will be 

 suppressed, perhaps, in the future evolution of our 

 fruit industries. Those fruits which are most largely 

 grown and shipped have the fewest styles of packages. 

 Strawberries always come in quart boxes, crated. 

 Apples practically always come in barrels. There are, 

 thus, a number of recognized standard packages, the 

 most important of which are as follows: The apple bar- 

 rel, the strawberry box, the grape ba.sket, the Dela- 

 ware peach basket, and the Michigan peach basket. 



II. THE APPLE BARREL 



The standard apple barrel in the United States is 

 practically the same as the ordinary flour barrel. In 

 fact, emptied flour barrels are extensively used for 

 packing apples. The apple barrel specified by the 



* See Appendix. 



