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GROWING BUSH FRUITS 



the fruit is structurally so weak that if quart baskets are used 

 the weight of the top layers will crush the berries in the 

 bottom. Quart boxes are standard for black and purple berries 

 and may also be used for the reds if they are to go at once 

 to the canning factory. 



Carry only a few boxes, from two to four, in a container 

 tied around the waist or, tetter still, suspended from the 

 shoulders, so that there is less danger of spilling the fruit as 

 the picker leans over. A heavy apron folded up and caught 



(17. JS. D. ±.) 



Fig. 236. These various types of waist carriers and hand carriers, or 

 stands, are used in picking the fruit. 



at the corners with safety pins will hold several baskets. Two 

 boxes are better than four, as the longer the picker carries 

 the fruit about, the more it wall settle in the boxes, the larger 

 the quantity that will be required to fill them, and the more 

 the fruit will depreciate in value. A basket of carefully picked 

 fruit is largely air. It is poor business to replace this air with 

 more berries by crude picking and handling methods, when the 

 consumer desires the fruit in the original state. 



Transfer the boxes from the carrier to stands or crates out 

 of the sun, and keep the fruit in the shade and as cool as 

 possible from this point until it is delivered for consumption 

 or shipment. Avoid as far as possible picking in the full heat 



