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the Western states, and now practically no apples are 
shipped in barrels from west of the Mississippi. Boxes 
have been found to be more convenient for the western 
trade, and are cheaper and easier to handle. It is pre- 
dicted that in a few years barrels will be displaced 
altogether by the standard apple box. All the citrus 
fruit from both the South and West is shipped in boxes. 
Pears and quinces are shipped in both boxes and bar- 
Fig. 29. 
a—Standard orange box, 12 x 12 x 27 ins.; b—Pineapple crate, 
12 x 10% x 36 ins. 
rels, depending upon whether grown in the Kast or 
West, the West using, for the most'part, the standard 
box. 
For the more perishable fruits like peaches, plums, 
apricots, etc., baskets of some kind are used. These 
baskets are of widely varied types. Most of them, how- 
ever, are splint baskets made of hard wood, and the 
smaller ones are crated in some kind of a box container 
for ease in transportation. The Western people prefer 
the small two- or four-quart baskets shipped in box con- 
tainers. Many of the Central and Eastern states ship 
direct to market in baskets of one-sixth, one-half or 
one bushel measure. Small fruit, with the exception 
of cranberries, is almost invariably shipped in quart or 
