Archive image from page 164 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofame03bail Year: 1906 1609. Bushel bask berries. Square baskets, a little larger at the top than at the bottom, are preferred at the East, while in the valley the sihkuv 'H;ill(>i-k' or oblong 'Leslie' boxes af- np-ih u-iil In
Archive image from page 164 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofame03bail Year: 1906 1609. Bushel bask berries. Square baskets, a little larger at the top than at the bottom, are preferred at the East, while in the valley the sihkuv 'H;ill(>i-k' or oblong 'Leslie' boxes af- np-ih u-iil In i iiln r .â .â i-< ;i <'<-r- tain number, usu;ill\ â i:' â i '' â : . i â ' â â ' p. Iii;lit slatcratesforsliii'iii,- I i I'. i -Lets are filled in the ,. i. . - 1 ,,.-,. rtcd more or less thoruuyljl;. .a iln paikiu li(,ij.,i , uln lu the process of packing usually consists iu urraugiug the top layers so that the box or basket shall be evenly, but slightly, rounding full, so as to avoid crushing, and yet not seem slack-filled on market. In some cases notably in Floridi the boxes are emptied and repacked from the bottom Peaches are reg \uU i iketel i i variety f i 1 1 t our fruits In ( southern states smaller packages it becomes a rather difficult art to so place each fruit that the package shall be full, and yet have none of the top layers stand high enough to be crushed by the cover. If the fruits chance to run of just such size that the package can be evenly filled by packing in uniform layers, one on top of another, the problem is comparatively simple. Thus, with the Geor- gia 4-quart basket, some of the small early kinds, like Tillotson, often run so that three layers deep just fills the basket properly. Again, with the largest Elbertas, two layers, one on top of the other, are sufiicient, butthe great bulk of the crop will not pack on either of these plans, and it is necessary to introduce a broken layer between the bottom an
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