Kinds of Packages 



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at the special trade. This is emphatically true with 

 those vegetables that need careful handling in order 

 to deliver them in good condition to the consumer. 

 Among such vegetables are tomatoes, cucumbers, egg- 



Fig. 50. Some of the packages in which long-distance shipments 

 of vegetables are made. 



plants and muskmelons. Common commercial styles of 

 packages for vegetables are shown in Fig. 50. 



The shipper should mark the packages with his 

 name, and, in case the goods are sorted, with the trade- 



