88 FRUIT HARVESTING, STORING, MARKETING 

 VIII. SUMMARY OF PACKAGES 



The various packages chiefly used in shipping 

 fruits are arranged in the following tabulation, which 

 also shows the approximate cost. 



Fruit 



Apple 



Peach 



Pear 



Package 



f Barrel, loo quarts, or 3 



bushels 



I Box, various sizes . 

 j Slat crate, mostly half 

 I bushel .... 

 l^ Basket, mostly bushel 



C Delaware basket 



I Michigan basket, one-fifth 



") bushel 



1^ Six-basket carrier . . 



C Barrel, 3 bushels . . 

 J Half barrel, 1% bushels 

 "1 Boxes and baskets of va 

 1^ rious kinds. 



Cost 



$25 the 100 

 Variable 



$4.50 the 100 



$1 to $1.25 a (Joz. 



$2 to $3 the 100 



$3 the 100 



$7 to $10 the 100. 



$25 the 100 



$15 to $20 the 100 



Plum 



( Grape basket, 10 pounds 

 ] Six-basket carrier . . 



$2.50 the 100 



$7 to $10 the 100. 



Cherry 



f Strawberry quart boxes 



and crates Quart boxes, $2 to $3 



the 1,000 ; i6-quart 

 crates, $5 to $6 the 

 100 

 5-pound grape basket. 



Quince 



Slat crate, ^3 bushel 



;; ^ ;; • . 



Baskets in various styles 

 Also barrels. 



$3 the 100 

 $4.50 the 100 



$7 the 100 



Berries ^ Quart boxes in crates 



fQuart boxes, $2 to $3 



I the 1,000 



! if)-quart crates, $5 to 



"j $(> the 100 



I 24-quart crates, $7 to 



L $15 the 100 



