Biggle orchard book : fruit and orchard gleanings from bough to basket : gathered and packed into book form . ruit at each crate end, he considers that thejob is complete. His fruit certainly does look remark-ably nice, and the prices received for it are extragood. His name and guarantee go on every —Different peach-growing districts havedifferent styles of packages. In Michigan, for instance,the favorite package forpeaches is the sixth-bushelClimax basket with extensionslat cover; in New Jersey,high, round, flaring-top .bas-kets are in favor, holdingabout half a bushel; inGeorgi


Biggle orchard book : fruit and orchard gleanings from bough to basket : gathered and packed into book form . ruit at each crate end, he considers that thejob is complete. His fruit certainly does look remark-ably nice, and the prices received for it are extragood. His name and guarantee go on every —Different peach-growing districts havedifferent styles of packages. In Michigan, for instance,the favorite package forpeaches is the sixth-bushelClimax basket with extensionslat cover; in New Jersey,high, round, flaring-top .bas-kets are in favor, holdingabout half a bushel; inGeorgia, the six-basket crate is the thing, each basketholding about four there are four-basketcrates, open - sided peckClimax baskets (for fancyfruit), fifth-bushel Climaxbaskets, round bushel bas-kets with slat covers, etc.,etc. What package touse is largely a matter of locality and choice. Peaches are usually graded into three or four sizes,and each size is packed by itself and labeletl accord-ingly. ]\Iachine graders do excellent work, and areoften used by large growers. In the :\Iichigan and. CLIMAX PEACH-BASKET


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