A NEW BERR Y CRA TE. 



ance of carefully cultivating young orchards. 

 Even in a climate as moist as that of England 

 grass proves very detrimental to young trees. 

 At the Woodburn Experimental Fruit Farm a 

 mixture of grass recommended for orchards 

 was sown around young apple trees and other 

 trees were cultivated, the two lots being 

 treated alike in other respects. The second 

 year after sowing the grass and trees in the 

 grass plat made 35 to 41 per cent less leaf 

 growth and 74 to 87 per cent less wood growth 

 than trees in the cultivated plat. In the case 

 of dwarf trees bearing fruit for the first time 

 the grass reduced the yield 71 per cent in 

 weight and 82 per cent in value. 



These are clear indications of the road 



to success in orcharding to which we 

 must not shut our eyes ; for if we are to 

 attain success in our chosen line it is 

 only by producing the finest products. 

 Too long already have Canadian orch- 

 ards languished in sod, showing in con- 

 sequence enfeebled growth, and becom- 

 ing an easy prey to borers, moss, and 

 bark lice ; whereas vigorous trees resist 

 these evils, and grow fruit of large size 

 and fancy grade. 



A NEW BERRY CRATE. 



Fig. 1597. — A New Berry Ckate. 



MALL fruits have lately brought 

 such low prices in our markets 

 that fruit growers find it neces- 

 sary to economize in every 

 particular, in order to make the balance 

 come on the right side of the ledger. 

 We therefore gladly give prominence to 

 any invention which promises to be an 

 advantage to our readers such as the 



new crate, now being introduced by Mr. 

 E. H. Cleaver, of Burlington. 



Samples were brought us a few weeks 

 ago and we were pleased with the simple 

 method for fastening the cover, and of 

 removing the same for the showing the 

 fruit, also with the low price at which 

 they were offered. 



The cut shows three sizes, 12 qt., 

 24 qt and 36 qt crates, and Mr. Cleaver 

 calls attention to the following points. 



1. The ventilation. 



2. The strength of the interlacing 

 corners. 



3. The shelving with thick cleats, 

 keeping shelving off the fruit, to admit 

 top dressing. 



4. The cleating in the lid, leaving air 

 space, and space for dressing, and at the 

 same time when the lid is down all the 

 box edges in the top layer are gripped so 

 as to hold all the boxes firmly. 



5 The removable lid, secured and 

 locked with a wire loop and button, 

 which lid is also filled with Veneer. 



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