8o FRUIT HARVESTING, STORING, MARKETING 



The grape basket is made of thin wood veneer, with 

 a hght wood binding at top and bottom. It has a 

 light w^ooden cover which is fastened on \sdth a special 

 staple. It has a bail either of wood or of wire. There 

 are comparatively few variations in the form of this 

 package. 



The grape basket is frequently used for other 

 fruits, particularly for plums. It is sometimes used 

 for tomatoes, occasionally for pears, infrequently for 

 persimmons, gooseberries, and currants, and I have 

 even seen it used for fancy baking potatoes. It is the 

 most generally convenient and handy package ever 

 devised, and it is net at all strange that it should be 

 put to a variety of uses. 



V. PEACH PACKAGES 



I can remember when peaches were commonly 

 shipped in slat crates, the usual form being made with 

 two compartments, each 

 compartment holding ap- 

 proximately a peck of fruit. 

 This package has now been 

 almost entirely abandoned 

 for peaches, though a similar 

 crate is still in use for a 

 variety of the lesser fruits, 

 being more commonly filled 

 FIG. 23- DELAWARE PEACH ^^^-^ pears, applcs, peaches, 



BASKET , . , , 



plums, qumces, or tomatoes. 

 But the peach business has taken up two strangely 

 different baskets, the Delaware ba.sket and the Mich- 

 igan or Georgia basket. Recently a third style of 



