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Green 'peppers are almost universally marketed in 6-basket carriers. 



Radishes are tied in bunches and packed in 1-bushel or barrel-high 

 Delaware baskets, as a rule. A few are marketed in ventilated barrels. 



Strawberries are offered in quart cups, either in 60-quart crates from 

 the Carolina and Norfolk region, or in 24- or 32-quart crates from 

 other regions, the 32-quart being more universally used than any other. 



Dimensions. 



The truck barrel is 28 inches high and has 16-inch heads. 



The eggplant and squash crate has a head 11 in. X 14 in., and is 24 

 inches long. 



The half-barrel basket commonly used in the Norfolk region is 20 

 inches high, 9| inches at the bottom and 17 inches at the top. 



The asparagus-box has heads 10 in. high, 15 inches at the top and 

 17 inches at the bottom, and slats 26 inches long, outside measure, 

 making it 10 in. X 15 in. X 17 in. X 24 in. inside. 



The one-half barrel lettuce basket, called the " Delaware barrel-high 

 basket," is 16 inches inside diameter at the top, 9 inches inside diam- 

 eter at the bottom, and 27 inches high. 



The cabbage crate which comes from Norfolk is IH in- X18 in. on 

 the heads, and is 36 inches long with a partition in the middle. 



The three-peck basket which is used early in the season for shipping 

 peas, beans, cucumbers, and crookneck squashes is 20 inches high, 14 

 inches inside measure at the top, and 8^ inches inside measure at the 

 bottom. 



The fiat onion crate with partition in the center has 16 in. X 7 in. 

 heads, and is 24 inches long. 



