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handsome fruit in the square, than ordinary berries in the round 

 baskets. As fancy kinds, the Jucunda, Trioniphe, Pres't. Wilder 

 and Monarch, are most in favor with the above named parties. 

 The following cuts represent them to the eye : 



VEKEEK BASKETS. STAR BASKETS. 



QuAET. Pint. ^Pmr. Quart. Pi.nt. 



The points in favor of the Beecher basket, are that they hold 

 a full quart, that their construction gives the fruit plenty of ven- 

 tilation, and that large, handsome fruit shows better in a round 

 bnsket. The adverse points are that their shape causes them to 

 take up more room in the crate than square baskets, and there- 

 fore to require larger packages for the same quantity, and that 

 they do not fit in the crates tighth'-, the rough handling they 

 often receive jarring the fruit out of the baskets and causing them 

 to appear partially filled and unattractive. 



The veneer quarts of the ;ibove style are quoted at $35 ; 

 pints at $30 ; and half-pints at $26 per 1000. Star quarts at 

 $28; and pints- at $25 per 1000. Thirty-tw^o quart crates of 

 each kind at $1.55 ; forty-five pint crates at $1.40. The above 

 gives an idea of the prices, and for further information the reader 

 can address tlie Beecher Basket Co., Westville, Conn. 



But when we come to the large, open market and among the 

 commission houses where after all our fruit must be sold, we find 

 opinion almost equally divided between the round, or Beecher 

 baskets, and the square American, or Delaware quarts. It is 

 said in behalf of the square quarts that they can be bought at 

 about half the price of the Beecher baskets, that they fit so snugly 

 and tightly in the crates that it is almost impossible for rougli 

 handling to spill the berries, and spoil the looks of the baskets 

 when the crates are opened, and that packages containing the 

 same amount are smaller and more easily handled. For shipping 

 long distances, (he s([uare, closely-fitting baskets seemed quite 



