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Marketing, Storing, Drying 



on the top layer. If the pony crate is nsed the ice is put 

 on the top layer only. The inside of the crates should be 

 lined with heavy paper, which prevents the contents from 



drying and aids in keep- 

 ing it cool. Lettuce is 

 shipped in iced or refrig- 

 erator cars, the tempera- 

 ture of which should be 

 kept as even as possible." 

 This quotation explains 



234. A dozen cauliflowers in a serviceable ^ 



tray. See also Fig. 31. the carc that is takcu in 



the grading, packing and shipping of high-class vegetables. 



Graded and ungraded sweet potatoes are shown in Fig. 

 233 (adapted from H. C. Thompson, Farmers' Bull. 970). 

 Figs. 234 to 237 carry the suggestions still farther. Prod- 

 uce fit for these packages and for such care must be 

 well grown, so that there will be the minimum of loss in 

 the sorting. The efficiency 

 (or the lack of it) of 

 vegetable-gardening a n d 

 fruit-growing is often 

 measured by the produce 

 left behind in culls and 

 waste rather than l3y the 

 first-class proportion that 

 finds its way to market. 



In truck - growing, a 

 much heavier and coarser 

 package must be used; sometimes the produce shipments 

 are in bulk. The product finds its way largely to whole- 

 sale markets, or at least to disposition in large lots. Some 



