88 FRUIT HARVESTING, STORING, MARKETING 

 VIII. SUMMARY OF PACKAGES 



The various packages chiefly used in shipping 

 fruits are arranged in the following tabulation, which 

 also shows the approximate cost. 



Fruit 



Apple 



Peach 



Pear 



Plum 



Package Cost 



Barrel, loo quarts, or 3 



bushels $25 the 100 



Box, various sizes . . . Variable 

 Slat crate, mostly half 



bushel $4.50 the 100 



Basket, mostly bushel . . $1 to $1.25 a doz. 



Delaware basket . . . $2 to $3 the 100 

 Michigan basket, one-fifth 



bushel $3 the 100 



Six-basket carrier . . $7 to 810 the 100. 



$25 the 100 



$15 to $20 the 100 



(Barrel, 3 bushels . . . 

 Half barrel, i34 bushels . 

 Boxes and baskets of va- 

 rious kinds. 



) Grape basket, 10 pounds . 

 Six-basket carrier . . . 



$2.50 the 100 

 $7 to $10 the 100. 



Cherry 



Quince 



f Strawberry quart boxes 



and crates Quart boxes, $2 to $3 



the 1,000; i6-quart 



5-pound grape basket. 



Slat crate, J^ bushel . . 



K " ■ • • 

 I '• . . . 

 Baskets in various styles. 

 Also barrels. 



crates, $5 to $6 the 

 100 



$3 the 100 

 $4.50 the 100 

 $7 the 100 



Berries \ Quart boxes in crates 



Quart boxes, $2 to $3 



the 1,000 

 16-quart crates, $5 to 



$6 the 100 

 24-quart crates, $7 to 



$15 the 100 



