Packages for Fruits. 417 
detriment. In very many eases, it is the packing 
and the package which sells the fruit, more than 
the fruit itself. When fruits are soll by the defi- 
nite quantity, as by the quart, the peck or the 
bushel, the packages should be full measure. — It 
sometimes happens that for a time a man secures 
as much for a short or snide package as for one 
of full measure; but such a person can searcely 
expect to hold a superior trade for a great length 
of time. 
The most popular package at the present time 
for grapes, peaches and apricots is the Climax 
basket, whieh is made in various styles and_ sizes. 
Some of the vommon forms are shown in Fig. 95. 
These are made in sizes holding from five to ten 
or twelve pounds of fruit. They are handy, cheap, 
nest well in the shipment, and are durable. A good 
basket of any kind should) be one whieh is neatly 
made, with no splinters or tag ends hanging from 
it, which is firm and = symmetrical in shape, well 
nuiled, and whieh is perfectly clean or white in 
appearance. Baskets become yellow and discol- 
ored if they are left in the sun; therefore, when 
they are stored, they should be placed im a ¢lean 
and dark dry loft or room. If packages which 
have been left over from the last year are some- 
what dingy, it is sometimes possible to bleach 
them by burning a little sulfur in the room. 
The grower, then, will begin some months in 
advance to look up the packages which he shall 
use, for he will thereby not only suit himself and 
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