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BULLETIN" 861, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



is an interesting fact that many baskets which sell for 1 peck are a 

 trifle large, and almost all selling for 2 pecks are considerably short 

 measure ; thus it is well for the consumer to buy two 1-peck baskets 

 when he can do so at the price of a 2-peck basket. To avoid prose- 

 cution, city dealers should be careful not to sell such short-measure 

 packages as standard sizes of the containers they represent. 



A container for fancy stock, known as the Delaware eight-basket 

 carrier, is being used to some extent in Delaware, New Jersey, and 

 in the vicinity of Philadelphia. It is a slat crate composed of two 

 layers of 2-quart till baskets in layers of 4 baskets each, and is 

 similiar to the Georgia peach carrier. 



Fig. 1. — Loading cars in producing sections. 



CAR LOADING. 2 



The improper car loading of grapes shipped to market is a most 

 potent cause of loss. For all types of packages the "straight system," 

 with all the packages placed end to end, extending from one ice 

 bunker to the other, has been found most satisfactory. In every 

 alternate layer of Climax baskets it is necessary to load those that 

 touch one bulkhead crosswise in the car, in order to fill in the other- 

 wise vacant spaces, but under no consideration should this be per- 

 mitted elsewhere in the load. 



2 See Bird, H. S., and Grimes, A. M. Loadinj 

 Agriculture, Markets Document 14, 1918. 



American Grapes. U. S. Department of 



