84 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 
up this matter, especially in the state to 
which he intends to ship fruit. 
2. Crates are necessary so that these 
boxes may be sent to market in a sealed 
receptacle. 
For the Berlin boxes a crate holding 
thirty-two or twenty-four quarts is used. 
The gift crate made of light slats with 
heavier bottoms and tops and having three 
racks to place between layers of boxes is very 
economical and desirable. The thirty-two- 
quart size costs $8 for fifty and the twenty- 
four-quart size costs $7.50 for fifty. For 
those growers who peddle their fruit or sell 
it so that the crates are returned, a more 
durable crate, iron bound, costing thirty- 
two-quart size, fifty for $23.15, and twenty- 
four-quart size, fifty for $19.90 is recom- 
mended. 
For the Michigan Hallock boxes, a sixteen- 
quart and twenty-four-quart size is made, 
the smaller size weighing about three pounds 
and the larger five pounds. This is quite 
light for the strength of the crate. One 
hundred of the sixteen-quart size cost $6.50; 
one hundred of the twenty-four-quart size 
cost $8. 
