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kets are. Crates whieh are designed to be returned 
to the grower are usually heavy, are commonly made 
of sawed stuff, and are provided with hinges and 
clasps. In shipping long distances by rail, large 
erates (holding as many as sixty baskets or enps) 
are generally preferable, because there is less “side 
shake,” beeause of the greater bulk; and such heavy 
packages are not so earelessly handled as the small 
ones are. The time is rapidly coming when all the 
hetter grades and better qualities of fruits will be 
put up in special gift packages, and the time ean- 
not be far distant when pasteboard boxes will he 
uscd to some extent. One of the most marked re- 
sults of the recent advancement and competition in 
the manufacture of products is the packing of single 
articles in tasty bexes. Boots and shoes, for ex- 
ample, were shipped leose in large cases a few years 
ago, whilst now, in all of the better grades, every 
pair is boxed by itself. In other words, not only 
is the product itself a finished article, but it is 
packed in a dainty and finished way, and the same 
Adam’s ventilated barrel; 8, patent fruit barrel; 9, Highcliffe patent barrel 
for export apples (arranged to be sawn in two without disturbing the fruit). 
With these packages the reader should compare Fig. 98, showing crates 
actually sent into the New York market with pears. The grower was evi- 
dently of an economical turn of mind, for he had made the packages of 
the odds and ends of the place,—old boards and old rail, a wagon-jack, and 
a wagon-reach! The New York party who sent us these packages wrote as 
follows: “I found a new fruit package on the market here, and as I know 
that you are deeply interested in horticulture, this will be of interest to you. 
It was invented and manufactured by a man up the Hudson River, and was 
used for shipping pears. The commission man who received this package 
offered it, pears and all, for 25 ets., but could not sell. I requested him 
to empty the fruit into « keg and let me have the package. He did so, 
sorting out a few of the smallest fruits, and then sold the keg for $1.” 
