CONFERENCE ON FRUIT GROWING. 



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" ' All packages should be of wood where possible, and be free and non- 

 returnable. Where baskets are used they are returnable. All packages 

 should bear such a label as the following : 



" ' {SAMPLE LABEL.) 



PERISHABLE.— DELIVER AT ONCE. 

 APPLES— Grade A. 



From (Name), 



(Address), 



Sent (Date), ._ 



Boxes in Bundles. 



To (Name), 



(Address), _ 



Per Ry- (State if Passenger or Goods.) 



or if boxes, they should be branded, stating as follows : 



" ' The grower or society's name, address, and distinctive brand, if 

 any. 



" ' The kind of fruit contained. 



" 1 The grade— either A, meaning " Extra size " ; B, meaning " First 

 size " ; C, meaning " Second size " ; or D, meaning " Small size." 

 " 1 The sizes referred to are those named above in Section 2. 



" ' Section 4. — Standard Packages and the Fruits for which they are 



intended. 



" 1 The standard of weight suggested is 5 lbs. The standard packages 

 are multiples of the standard weight ; thus, standard weights and standard 

 packages will also assure to the buyers a reliable measure. These weights 

 and measures are set forth below : 



Standard Weights Standard Measures 



" ' (1) 5 lbs., taken as equivalent to . 1 gallon. 



"'(2) 10 „ „ „ . ... I bushel. 



« < (8) 15 „ „ ... 3 gallons. 



" ' (4) 20 „ „ ... J bushel. 



" ' (5) 40 „ „ ... 1 bushel. 



" < (6) 80 „ „ ... 2 bushels. 



" ' (7) 120 „ „ ... 1 barrel. 



" ' Apples and Pears may be packed in all the above except gallons. 

 " ' Damsons and green Gooseberries in all the above packages. 

 " ' Plums in all except 2 bushels and barrels. 



" ' Cherries, red and amber Gooseberries in gallons, J-bushels, 3-gallons, 

 and ^-bushels. 



" ' Strawberries, Raspberries, Currants, and Tomatos in gallons and 

 J-bushels.' " 



Nearly four years have elapsed since this pamphlet was issued, and 

 it may now be of interest to consider how the recommendations therein 

 made have been received by up-to-date growers, and, in the light of the 

 experience gained, what may now be considered the best methods of 

 grading and packing to continue. 



