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POPULAR FRUIT GROWING. 



ages which hurt the sale of the fruit. The same is true of the 

 practice of using dirty barrels for apples. The common experi- 

 ence of the larger fruit growers leads to a belief in the gift pack- 

 age for general marketing. In fact, for long distant shipments, 

 the return package is out of the question, although it may do 

 for some local markets. Every fruit shipper should occasionally 

 visit the great markets and study this question of marketing 



Fig. 65. Fruit packages, showing bushel basket with cover, 32-quart 

 gift package for berries and grape basket. 



fruits at first hand. He will probably learn more about fruit 

 packages in a single hour of inspection at such a place than in 

 a week of studying such a subject in the small markets. 



Uniform packages. While there are a great variety of fruit 

 packages in use in the different markets of this country, it is 

 very desirable that the packages used for selling fruit in the 

 same market be uniform. For instance, it is important to have 

 all the so-called quart boxes, such as are commonly used for 

 selling small fruit, of the same size, otherwise there will be 

 lack of fair competition among growers, since many buyers do 

 not properly distinguish between the standard package and one 

 that is short. In some states, and notably in Canada, legislation 

 has been invoked for this purpose and with good effect. These 

 laws generally take the form of prohibiting any person from 

 offering for sale any fruit package smaller than the prescribed 

 size unless each package is plainly labeled that it is short in size. 

 There is much more attention paid to this subject in America 



