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and sides, 32£ inches long, 3 inches wide aid $• inch thick. Nail two of these on four 

 sides, having the bottom one come even with the bottom end piece; and the top one 

 come within ^ inch of the top of end piece, the i inch space being left for air to pass 

 under the cover. Nailed on thus it leaves a crack between them of "J inch in width. 

 Nail two of the bottom slats on so that they will come even with the outside of the 

 lower side slat, fastening them with two or three small nails to those lower -side slats 

 — thts adding great strength to the case. Between those on the bottom' nail three 

 Blats, such a distance apart that the outer edge of the quart box will come to center 

 of the slats — thus leaving cracks directly under the boxes. Nail a cleat, two inches 

 wide, half inch thick and 21 inches long, over the ends of bottom slats; make a cover 

 of half inch stuff, nailed together at the ends with the same cleats. The quart boxes 

 described above can be heaped a little to allow for settling, and as the bottoms are 

 raised they can be set on top of each other without jamming, the fruit, and therefore 

 require no partition between. This same style of case answers for tihe American Basket, 

 Beecher Basket, &c, only that it will have to be made a different form to ; correspond 

 with the size of those baskets, and so a partition will be required for each tier of baskets 

 to set on. These partitions are made as follows : Take 5 strips,. £ inch square, and 

 length of crate inside ; place them the width of a basket apart, or so that they will 

 come over the sides of the baskets ; across these nail slats, 2 inches wide, \ inch thick 

 and as long as the crate is wide inside. Have these, slats placed so that the edges of 

 the tier of hoxes above will set on them. When the first tier of. baskets or boxes are 

 placed in the crate, put in this partition; and it will be seen that these half jnch square 

 straps will come down on the edges of every basket, thus holding them firm and in 

 their place. If it is desired to have more than two tier of boxes, more partitions can 

 be made and set in the same. way. The crate should be made such a depth that when 

 the top is on it will be half an inch above tops of last baskets. Under the cover nail 

 three of the half inch square slats so as to come over the sides e4 baskets. This holds 

 all inside Ami, and by the partitions and cover being raised £ inch allows for heaping 

 the baskets some without mashing fruit* : The ends of the crates should be got out of 

 thoroughly seasoned lumber, so that no shrinkage will occur in height of box. No 

 harm is done if the slats do shrink— consequently they can be got out of green stuff if 

 it is more convenient. 



PICKING- STANDS. 



For gathering fruit to empty into the Cincinnati Cases, we have used a box three 

 inches and nine by ten inches square insidi, which holds four quarts, dry measure. 

 A leg eight inches long is nailed to each corner, and a hoop bent over the top and 

 nailed to two sides for a handle. Four of these stands are emptied into each drawer 

 as they are brought in, or, if the quart boxes or baskets are used to ship in, make the 

 picking stand a little larger, so that four of the boxes will fit in, and as fast as filled 

 take them out and put others in to fill. 



CINCINNATI CRATES. 



In some of the "Western markets the quart boxes 

 are not used for marketing, but eases or stands made 

 up of four drawers — each drawer holding sixteen 

 quarts. The drawers are three inches deep, sixteen 

 inches wide, and twenty-four inches long, inside, 

 which, after allowing some for shrinkage, holds one- 

 half bushel, dry measure. The sides and ends are 

 one-half inch, and bottoms one-quarter inch thick, 

 except lower drawer, which is one-half inch. The 

 end pieces pass by the sides one-half inoh. The 

 posts one inch by two and- one-half inches, are nailciS 



