BERRIES AND CHERRIES BY PARCEL POST. 
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The shipping weight of a 16-quart crate of blackberries is from 
27 to 30 pounds, and the charge for postage to points within the 
first and second postal zones is from 31 to 34 cents. The cost for 
crate and postage on a 16-quart crate of blackberries will vary, 
therefore, from 58 to 64 cents. It may be possible at times to ship 
Fig. 5.— Combination shipment of blackberries, raspberries, and gooseberries. Where two or more kinds 
of berries are available such shipments may be desirable. 
more than one kind of berries in a crate such as a combination ship- 
ment shown in figure 5. 
Suggestions already made in relation to the shipping of straw- 
berries are applicable to the shipping of blackberries. 
BLUEBERRIES OR HUCKLEBERRIES. 
Thirteen experimental shipments of huckleberries were made in 
1915. In two of these shipments corrugated paper-board boxes with 
a capacity of 2 quarts were used, while the other shipments were 
made in ventilated crates with capacities of 8 and 16 quarts. The 
berries shipped in the corrugated paper-board boxes were received in 
poor condition, as both the berries and the containers were wet and 
crushed. The damage to the berries probably was caused by the 
lack of ventilation. 
