84 The Fruit-Growers Guide-Book 



Cups or boxes holding not over a quart are the accepted 

 standard as packages for strawberries. In most sections 

 of the country these boxes are arranged in little trays 

 holding from four to a dozen boxes, which the packers 

 take to the field. The berries are picked directly into the 

 boxes, without any additional sorting or grading. While 

 this practice is common and used in all parts of the straw- 

 berry growing districts, it is falling into disfavor for the 



A carefully packed crate of strawberries. This style of 

 packing adds materially to the attractiveness and helps in 

 bringing a better price. 



reason that the pickers are not always as careful as they 

 should be about grading the fruit as it is picked. Children 

 do most of the work of picking strawberries, and they be- 

 come careless about grading unless they are more care- 

 fully watched than most growers are able to do. 



