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be transported, but often fully as much upon the custom of the 

 locality or recognized standards of the market. Usually a package 

 for hauling vegetables to a local market is heavier and more durable 

 than one used for distant shipments, since transportation charges 

 are not involved, and it is the expectation that the same package 

 will be used repeatedly; for in such a market the package is usually 

 not included in the sale of the contents. In local markets the 

 same kind of package is used for a great variety of products. In 

 some local markets the bushel basket is the usual package for a 

 large variety of products, in others a " bushel " box of certain 



Fig. 171. — Boston market gardener's load of vegetable boxes. 



dimensions, and in still others the two-and-a-half or the three- 

 bushel barrel. In all cases the wagons of the progressive gardeners 

 are built of such dimensions, or equipped with such staging, as 

 to facilitate the building up of large loads of the type of package 

 in common use in the locality (Fig. 171). One of the principal 

 reasons for using the same kind of package for so many products 

 is that it enables the general market gardener to transport a mixed 

 load to advantage. 



In trucking regions where vegetables are grown for shipment 



