FRUIT PACKAGES 41 
package. Custom has established some packages as 
standard, and laws have established others, but most 
of them ought to conform to some well-recognized stan- 
dard. First, they must be cheap because, being a gift 
package, it is not good judgment to spend too much 
money upon the container of the fruit. Second, they 
must be light because freight rates are high on most of 
these packages and any unnecessary weight will only 
a 
Fig. 28.—GIFT PACKAGES 
a—1l4-quart peach basket, round covers; b—same, muslin covers; c— 
1-bushel hamper, plain; d—l-bushel hamper, braced; e—1-bushel 
peach basket; f—¥4-bushel peach basket. 
add to the cost of shipping or handling. Third, they 
must be convenient not only from the packer’s stand- 
point but from the shipper’s and consumer’s standpoint 
as well. They ought to be easy to load on wagons or on 
freight cars; they ought to be easy to handle on the 
retail market and also convenient for a purchaser to 
carry home or use in the home after once received. 
Some of the more perishable fruits are carried home by 
the consumer and placed immediately into refrigerators. 
