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peaches. In packing such a package, the fruit should be 

 arranged neatly in rows in each little basket. 



Where the fruits are placed on local or nearby mar- 

 kets they are packed in the Michigan or Delaware type 

 of baskets. 



Beets 



For distant shipment beets are pulled when about two 

 and a half inches in diameter, and are tied in bunches of 

 from about four to six, with the tops cut back about one- 

 half. There is no standard sort of package for this root 

 crop, the kind used depending largely on the market to 

 which the crop is sent. Some markets prefer the venti- 

 lated barrels, while others want a bushel slat-crate and 

 still others want either the half-bushel or half-barrel 

 veneer hamper. No matter what sort of package is used, 

 the beets should be well graded and neatly packed. 



Celery 



This crop is quite uniformly marketed in crates by the 

 growers in all of the important celery producing regions. 

 The plants are dug from the field and the roots cut off and 

 then tied into bundles of from four to a dozen plants in a 

 bundle and packed root end down in open crates. In some 

 of the Northern markets, where celery is marketed locally, 

 the plants do not have the roots cut off, but are packed 

 in crates which have a water tight bottom in which a 

 little water is placed. In such crates the plants will keep 

 fresh much longer than where the roots are cut off; how- 

 ever, such packages are expensive and do not permit of as 

 rapid handling as do the standard crates. 



Radishes 



Radishes intended for long distance shipments are 

 pulled and tied into bundles of about a dozen roots each 

 and packed in half-barrels or hampers. It is considered 

 advisable in warm weather to pack some two or three 



