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THE PEACH ORCHARD 



may be either of wood or of mosquito bar. The handle should be 

 rigid, and is usually not bent down during shipment. Fruit 



Fig. 141. — Picking and packing peaches for shipment. 



Fig. 142. — A peach tree breaking down with its load because the branches were not cut 

 back, and the fruit was not thinned. (New Jersey Station.) 



packed in Climax baskets is usually not repacked at the market, 

 but the purchaser takes the package with him. 



The Delaware peach' basket holds one-half bushel or more, has 



