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portions of the country, while on the Pacific coast, where 

 the Vinifera type, such as Cornichon, Tokay, etc., are 

 most extensively grown, the four-basket crates are 

 mostly used. There are various sizes of Climax baskets, 

 holding 3, 5, 8 and 10 pounds of grapes, and are sold intact 

 to the consumer. With the grapes from the Pacific coast 

 they are usually sold by the pound on the retail stands, 

 the average consumer rarely buying so much as one basket, 

 which may weigh as much as five pounds. The Malaga 

 grapes, that reach the Eastern markets in midwinter, are 

 packed in half barrels with the spaces filled with cork 

 dust. In such packages the grapes will carry better and 

 keep for a longer time than when packed in baskets as 

 other varieties. 



In some of the large grape growing districts of the 

 East the grapes are cut from the vines in the field and 

 laid into lug boxes that will hold about fifty pounds. These 

 are taken to the packing house immediately, where they 

 are allowed to stand for at least twenty-four hours to wilt. 

 They may stand for several days if the weather is cool, and 

 will pack into the baskets very much more firmly after 

 wilting than when cut from the vines. 



Growers in some of the smaller sections do not repack 

 their grapes in the packing house, but pick directly into 

 the shipping baskets. When filled the baskets are set 

 under the vines where they will be out of the sun. In 

 picking, the grapes are carefully arranged in the baskets 

 and well heaped up. After standing for a day or so they 

 will have wilted sufficiently so that the lid can be placed 

 on the basket. 



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The packages for this fruit as it is packed in each of 

 the many states where it is grown commercially are as 

 variable as for any other kind of fruit. The most impor- 

 tant of these are the Climax basket used in Michigan, the 

 half-bushel and bushel basket, and the Delaware or Jersey 

 basket, the 4 and 6-basket carrier and the flat box of the 

 Pacific coast states. Of all of these the last named is the 



