l8o FRUIT HARVESTING, STORING, MARKETINJ3 



ard, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars 

 nor more than ten dollars for each offense. 



DELAWARE 



Section 22 of chapter 216 of the laws of Delaware, 

 relating to the State Board of Agriculture, deals with 

 the subject of fruit packages. The text follows: 



The said Board of Agriculture shall have power to com- 

 pel all growers of fruit to stamp or mark the baskets, boxes, 

 packages, crates, parcels, or other receptacles used by them 

 for the shipment of any fruit or fruits, with his, her or their 

 name' or names, initial or initials, or with some distinguishing 

 device or mark which may be readily and easily read and seen 

 on the same; and said Board may adopt rules and regulations 

 to carry this into effect. If any grower of any fruit or fruits 

 shall neglect or fail, after ten days' notice of said Board to 

 comply with the provisions of this section, he or she or they 

 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof 

 shall forfeit and pay a fine of five dollars. — From Bulletin No. 

 I, Delaware State Board of Agriculture , April 16, igol. 



NEW JERSEY PEACH-BASKET I<AW 



An Act for the protection of peach growers in the State 

 of New Jersey, and to prevent deception in the size of peach 

 baskets. Approved March 23, 1892. 



Section i. That the standard size of peach baskets in 

 the State of New Jersey shall be sixteen quarts Winchester 

 half-bushel measure; that the height of the basket shall be 

 twelve and one-quarter inches, and that the width across the 

 top shall be thirteen and one-half inches, and that the inside 

 measurement shall contain one thousand and seventy-five and 

 ten one-hundredths cubic inches, and that such basket shall 

 be marked " Standard, N. J.," upon the staves just below the 

 rim in Roman letters, which shall be burned on or printed 

 thereon with permanent red paint in a straight line, and each 



