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if they were ordered direct from the south by the carload, the cost 

 might be cut down somewhat. 



Consider the difference in the cost of marketing peaches from 

 these different points. There is much complaint here in the eastern 

 districts about southern and western competition, but a glance at the 

 above figures will show that the grower at a distance is under heavy 

 shipping expenses, and the eastern grower really has a marked ad- 

 vantage. 



I have tried to encourage peach growers to form organizations 

 whether they did any buying and selling or not, simply for mutual 

 benefit. Growers about Hammonton did so, and a little later in the 

 summer, at the time of peach shipping, they complained of the 

 freights being very late. 



I suggested that the association take up the matter with the 

 railroad and to write to the Experiment Station giving us details, 

 and we would take it up with the railroad also. This was done and 

 about three or four weeks later I wrote to the President of the Asso- 

 ciation and asked him about results. He said that the freight serv- 

 ice had been so much better that he had written the freight agent a 

 complimentary letter. The desired results were accomplished by a 

 proper presentation of facts to the railroad. It seems to me that if 

 all of us who are interested in these things in any one state would 

 co-operate and take them up in the proper way, we could accomplish 

 the desired results. 



The Georgia carrier to one who has never packed it may seem 

 to be a formidable package, but it is a good deal like the apple box. 

 We need to know how to pack it and just what pack to use and then 

 it is not so difficult. 



In most of the packing houses the packer simply packs. The 

 empty crates are piled up behind him, and as soon as he packs a 

 crate he sets it down on the floor and some one else takes it away. 

 He takes an empty crate from the pile and goes on packing. The 

 packers should be under the ticket system also. First class packers 

 are said to be able to pack 200, 225, and sometimes 250 crates a day 

 of eleven hours, at Fort Valley. The men whom we employ in 

 our experiment orchards at Vineland averaged at the rate of 280 to 

 300 crates a day of ten hours, when packing Elbertas the past season. 



Fig. 8 illustrates the 2-1 three tier pack. This pack does not 

 look quite as compact as some of the straight packs, but will insure 

 the arrival of the fruit in better condition. Fig. 6 illustrates the 2-2 

 three tier pack which is desirable for the medium grades. The 2-1 

 pack is the best style for the larger fruit. No straight packs should 

 be used for peaches in Georgia carriers. 



The question has come to us a number of times as to whether it 

 would pay to wrap peaches, so we wrapped several lots and sent 

 them to market to see what the result would be, but failed to get a 

 much better price. If we were sending a special package a long 

 distance, perhaps the wrapping would help to protect the fruit, but 

 under present conditions I do not think it will pay in the east. 



