PACKAGES FOR VEGETABLES 



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Mr. Work : There is one thing about labeling. Do not 

 label things in such a way that the packages are used again. 

 On a local market the danger is that if you mark your pack- 

 ages nicely, somebody else Avill be using them. Here is a way 

 to avoid that. Pack a basket of tomatoes. When you are 

 Through, tuck a little strip about an inch wide with your 

 name on it so that it will be removed wherever the package 

 is unpacked. 



We had better keep our eyes on parcel post. The first 

 fellow who gets there is the one who is going to establish a 

 trade and get the greatest advantage from it. 



There is almost no end of packages for mailing. They can 

 be had fairly cheaply. The Long Island potato people are using 

 a package which comes flat, not corrugated, which is packec^ 

 full of potatoes, closed in and used for a high grade trade. 

 It holds a peck. A man can tuck it under his arm. Would 

 you muck men think it might be worth while to put up a head 

 of Big Boston lettuce in a carton of just the right size? Mr. 

 Bonney, do you think that would work? 



Mr. Bonney : It would carry much better. Whether you 

 get enough more for your product, I do not know. 



^IR. Work : Two for fifteen is as low as you pay in the 

 grocery. The question is whether a person paying seven and 

 a half cents for a somewhat wilted head would pay ten cents for 

 one done up in a neat little carton. What do you think of 

 the labeling idea. Mr. Greffrath? 



Mr. Greffrath : I think the labeling idea is good. I do 

 not think you could work the package question on muck land 

 with lettuce. The labeling on a large package of lettuce is 

 certainly good. When buyers feel that the stuff packed in 

 the package is just what is claimed, they are willing to pay 

 an extra price. I have used a label to good advantage, but 

 there have been two years in succession when I have not had 

 lettuce good enough to use that label. I know I can put that 

 label back and get results with the party that has handled it 

 before. 



Mr. Work : By all means, protect your label as you pro- 

 tect your good name. Do not use your first grade label for 

 your second grade lettuce. 



