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up in standard containers (fig. 3). Under such conditions it is 

 unprofitable, as a rule, to ship the "off sizes." The shipment of 

 pony crates in a season such as 1914 tends to clog up the markets 



Fig. 3. — A standard crate packed with 45 well-graded melons. 



with the smaller-sized fruit, which retards sales and lowers the prices 

 on the more desirable stock. 



The two packages that are used with best results are the standards, 

 holding 45 melons (fig. 3), and the flat, holding 9 to 15 melons (fig. 4). 

 The flat is an ideal package for the consumer if the retailer will edu- 

 cate him to buy in the original units. It contains no more than an 













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Fig. 4. — A flat crate of cantaloupes. This container is especially well adapted to the consuming trade 

 that desires to buy in the original package. 



average-sized family can use to advantage without incurring waste 

 or decay. The use of packages of odd sizes or types should be dis- 

 couraged by receivers of cantaloupes in the market. Growers who 



