BEKEIES AND CHEEEIES BY PARCEL POST. 



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The shipping weight of a 16-quart crate of blackberries is from 

 27 to 30 pounds, and the charge for postage to points within the 

 first and second postal zones is from 31 to 34 cents. The cost for 

 crate and postage on a 16-quart crate of blackberries will vary, 

 therefore, from 58 to 64 cents. It may be possible at times to ship 



Fig. 5. — Combination shipment of blackberries, raspberries, and gooseberries. Where two or more kinds 

 of berries are avaOable such shipments may be desirable. 



more than one kind of berries in a crate such as a combination ship- 

 ment shown in figure 5. 



Suggestions aheady made in relation to the shipping of straw- 

 berries are apphcable to the shipping of blackberries. 



BLUEBERRIES OR HUCKLEBERRIES. 



Thirteen experimental shipments of huckleberries were made in 

 1915. In two of these shipments corrugated paper-board boxes with 

 a capacity of 2 quarts were used, while the other shipments were 

 made in ventilated crates with capacities of 8 and 16 quarts. The 

 berries shipped in the corrugated paper-board boxes were received in 

 poor condition, as both the berries and the containers were wet and 

 crushed. The damage to the berries probably was caused by the 

 lack of ventilation. 



