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Fig. 126. Fig. 127. 
straw board. They are cut and scored at the factory, ready to be tacked together at 
the fruit grower’s home. Many advantages are claimed for these over the wooden 
boxes, but, as they are comparatively new to shippers, the points of superiority are 
Fig. 128. The Star 
Basket. 
Fig. ISO. Dr lair art <{t 
Basket. 
Fig. 129. 
Fig. 132. 
Fig. 131. 
not yet fully attested. For shipping to market, some fruit growers use a very ordi- 
nary box, as a crate, similar to Fig. 125. If it is advisable to give the berries more 
air, such a box as Fig. 126 is often made. 
These are very cheaply constructed, and 
the cost is small. They serve their pur- 
pose fora short journey very well. Fig. 
127 represents a basket made by I. C. 
Wood & Brother. Fishkill, N. Y., which 
s the favorite with many shippers, not- 
ably, E. P. Roe, Cornwall-on-Hudson, 
X. Y. Perhaps, one of the most satis- 
factory collection of shippers supplies 
are those made by William Parry, Cinna- 
minsoii, X. J., himself, one of the heav- 
iest fruit shippers in the country. Figs, 
129 and 131 represent baskets nested to- 
gether to return to the fruit grower. 
Probably, the most satisfactory mode of 
shipping, is in some of the patent frames or crates similar to Fig. 132, which is 
made by William Parry, of Cinnaminson, X. J., fastening with a lock and key, 
which prevents the petty pilfering, so annoy- 
ing to shippers. The commission men and 
dealers usually refund a nominal sum for the 
boxes and baskets, which they return in the 
crate to the grower, to refill. For the grape 
trade, a special series of boxes and baskets 
are prepared, especially adapted to their re- 
quirements, for, as grapes are enclosed in a 
tough, dry skin, ventilation to prevent heat- 
ing while in transit, that most small fruit 
requires in a measure, is unnecessary; hence, 
the urgency does not exist for the great care 
Fig. 133. 
Fig. 134. 
