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advantage. This form^ of packing is particularly suited for select 

 grades of fruit, and can also be utilised for packing choice plums, 



Six-basket Crate. 



apricots, persimmons, and early tomatoes. Unless the fruit is of 

 the very best quality, it cannot present an attractive appearance, 

 and this case at once becomes an unprofitable package, because all 

 the imperfections of the fruit can be seen at a glance ; instead of 

 the buyer being pleased with its appearance, he is repulsed. For 

 that reason, whenever a grade of fruit below " fancy " is marketed, 

 any other suitable package than a " carrier crate " would be more 

 profitable. 



Apricots for marketing are carefully picked before they are 



Box of Apricots. 



thoroughly ripe, each fruit, if of special value, may be wrapped in 

 tissue paper and symmetrically packed in a shallow box. 



