SHIPMENT OF RED RASPBERRIES. 



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The removable veneer used to separate the top and bottom tiers is 

 fitted into notches cut into the end and middle partition. The pony 

 refrigerator used in this section holds 51 cups in 6 layers of 9 cups 

 each. (See fig. 16.) An ice pan, with drainage, is placed in the 

 top of the carrier, the refrigeration provided being in proportion to 

 the capacity and the quantity of ice in the ice pan. This method 

 of shipment is utilized throughout the season to supply markets at 

 a considerable distance that can not handle full carload lots and that 

 can not be reached without the utilization of refrigeration. 



During the main part of the season most of the berries are shipped 

 in express refrigerator cars. These cars are attached to regular fast 

 passenger trains and go through on passenger schedules. The cars 



I'i<;. 1 t. — Delivering red raspberries at the receiving station at Puyallup, Wash., types 

 of vehicles ranging from carts to large drays and express wagons being used for 

 hauling. 



are fully iced at least L2 hours before loading, and after they are 

 fully Loaded from LOO to 200 pounds of salt is mixed in with the 

 crushed or broken ice in each bunker. At icing stations the cars are 

 re-iced and may also be resalted. While suit melts the ice more 

 rapidly, it supplies more refrigeration than would be the case if no 

 salt was used. Every effort is made to get all of the fruit of a day's 

 picking into refrigerator cars as soon as possible and to start the 

 Hue day or evening thai the berries arc picked and 

 loaded. The standard Load for all except Canadian points is 545 

 crates, loaded 8 and 9 high in rows of 5 across tin' car. The Load is 

 well cleated and braced in tic center, so thai there is seldom any 

 shifting or breakage in transit. The carload shipments are sent to 



