Fruit Packages. 



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The old Marlboro' thirds (see illustration), still largely in use on the 

 Hudson, should be superseded as soon as possible by baskets that per- 

 mit circulation of air. The artist has suggested a style of packages of 

 which we are in need boxes cheap enough to be given away with the 



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Marlboro' Thirds. 



Sunnyside Fruit- Box. 



fruit The drawing is of a style called the " Sunnyside fruit-box," and can 

 be obtained for about $10 per 1,000. The purchaser sees a pretty box of 

 fruit at a shop, buys and takes it with him, and is at no trouble to return 

 the box. The present frequent practice of pouring the fruit into brown 

 paper bags is villainous. 



Mr. J. T. Budd, of Wilmington, Del., in a sensible letter, gives several 

 excellent reasons why it would be better, and, in the end, cheaper, to use 

 such cheap crates and baskets that one could afford to let them go with 

 the fruit. The expenses of transportation would thus be reduced, and the 

 prices of the berries enhanced, not only because the purchaser would not 

 be to the trouble of returning packages, but chiefly for the reason that the 

 fruit would always appear in fresh, new baskets, instead of those soiled, and 

 often musty, from long use. Mr. Budd shows that, in Delaware, crates and 

 baskets could be made sufficiently cheap for this practice. 



PICKING. 



Having procured the baskets which suit us best, the next thing is to 

 fill them properly, and get them into market looking fresh and attractive. 

 It is just at this point that very many wrong themselves, or permit them- 

 selves to be wronged. The time is past when all strawberries will sell as 



