Picking, Packing and Shipping Carnation Flowers 



treated by what is known as the box method ; that is, the blooms are packed 

 singly, in layers, in shallow pasteboard boxes which are lined with soft 

 paper, generally thin wax tissue paper. These boxes are made of various 

 widths and lengths, in order to accommodate the size of bloom and length of 

 stem, and will hold from 50 to 100 flowers. They range from 10 to 12 inches 

 in width, and 36 to 42 inches in length, with an average depth of four inches. 



A case of Carnation Blooms packed for shipment to market 

 Illustrating the Box Method 



A box 12 inches wide and 40 inches long will hold from 50 to 75 of the 

 finest fancy carnations, and about 25 to 30 per cent, more of the grade 

 known as extras. 



While the box method is much more expensive than the other, as it 

 includes the cost of the boxes, as well as the case in which the pasteboard 

 boxes are packed, and also necessitates longer time and considerably more 



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