8o FRUIT HARVESTING, STORING, MARKETING 



The grape basket is made of thin wood veneer, with 

 a light wood binding at top and bottom. It has a 

 hght wooden cover which is fastened on with a special 

 staple. It has a bail either of wood or of wire. There 

 are comparatively few variations in the form of this 

 package. 



The grape basket is frequently used for other 

 fruits, particularly for plums. It is sometimes used 

 for tomatoes, occasionally for pears, infrequently for 

 persimmons, gooseberries, and currants, and I have 

 even seen it used for fancy baking potatoes. It is the 

 most generally convenient and handy package ever 

 devised, and it is not at all strange that it should be 

 put to a variety of uses. 



V. PEACH PACKAGES 



I can remember when peaches were commonly 

 shipped in slat crates, the usual form being made with 



two compartments, each 

 compartment holding ap- 

 proximately a peck of fruit. 

 This package has now been 

 almost entirely abandoned 

 for peaches, though a similar 

 crate is still in use for a 

 variety of the lesser fruits, 

 being more commonly filled 

 with pears, apples, peaches, 

 plums, quinces, or tomatoes. 

 But the peach business has taken up two strangely 

 different baskets, the Delaware basket and the Mich- 

 igan or Georgia basket. Recently a third style of 



FIG. 23- 



-DELAWARE PEACH 

 BASKET 



