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not minimize the importance of sunning and curing the nuts 

 as rapidly as possible after they are harvested, for if kept 

 in piles even for a few days they are likely to mold, which 

 will lessen their market value. 



After being properly dried, pecans may be stored for several 

 weeks in any convenient receptacle placed where they will 

 be kept dry and not exposed to excessively high temperatures. 



PACKAGES FOR PECAN NUTS 



The type of package for marketing will depend very largely 

 on the kind of market the grower wishes to supply. If he 

 desires to sell through an exchange or organized selling 

 agency which supplies its own packages, he may deliver the 

 pecans, ungraded, in bags or some other convenient receptacle. 

 However, if a grower wishes to cater to a private trade, he 

 should strive to obtain a package that meets the approval 

 of the consumer. The package should be light, strong and 

 attractive. A good grade of corrugated paper boxes is satis- 

 factory for mail shipments. Boxes made from six strong 

 thin boards, stained with attractive colors, and wood veneer 

 boxes properly strengthened with wire or narrow steel bands 

 as reinforcements, may be used for both mail and express 

 shipments. 



For large freight consignments, the barrel, holding about 

 175 pounds of pecans, remains in popular use. Shipment 

 in bags, even double bags well se^vn, should be discour- 

 aged. Such shipments are subject to loss both from being 

 torn in transit and from being pilfered. In fact, the trans- 

 porting of pecans in bags has become so hazardous that in 

 some instances express companies have refused to handle 

 them. 



