Bush-fruits; a horticultural monograph of raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, currants, gooseberries, and other shrub-like fruits . with theestimated cost and directions for making. Here isthe cost of one hundred crates at that time in hislocality: *.Popular Gardening, iii. 158. CBATES 33 Lumber, ready to nail $30 00 Nails 3 00 Leather for hinges and fastenings 1 50 1 gross of buckles (144) 80 1 man 4 days, $1 per day, to put together . 4 00 Total $39 30 The following are the dhnensions: EndSide Strips for sicand bottom :::! Length. 16 in. 24X ? 24X •24X ^ • 24X Width 11 in. 12 3 2 3X Thick
Bush-fruits; a horticultural monograph of raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, currants, gooseberries, and other shrub-like fruits . with theestimated cost and directions for making. Here isthe cost of one hundred crates at that time in hislocality: *.Popular Gardening, iii. 158. CBATES 33 Lumber, ready to nail $30 00 Nails 3 00 Leather for hinges and fastenings 1 50 1 gross of buckles (144) 80 1 man 4 days, $1 per day, to put together . 4 00 Total $39 30 The following are the dhnensions: EndSide Strips for sicand bottom :::! Length. 16 in. 24X ? 24X •24X ^ • 24X Width 11 in. 12 3 2 3X Thickness1 in. In Fig. 5, A shows the solid end, with hand-holesawed with circular saw ; B, the lid, worked onleather hinges, andfastened with strap andbuckles. The three sidestrips marked C arethree inches wide, thosemarked D are two incheswide. The bottom stripsare three and one-halfinches wide and one-half inch thick. Fshows the fasteningsand hinges. The sideand bottom slats arearranged so that the openings come about the middleof the baskets in each tier, giving good ventilation,-and holding the baskets firmly in Fig. 5. A useful berry crate. 34 BLTSH-FBUITS The tray used between the tiers of baskets is shownin Fig. 6, the size of the pieces being as follows: Length Width Thickness 2 strips .1 * .5 rails . 22% 22X . 11 1% in. X tapering to 3^ at bot. 1 The outside rails taper on only one side. Thistapering of the cross-pieces is a great advantage, allow-ing them to rest on the sides of the baskets withoutcrushing the berries, and since they are an inch highthey make it possible to round upthe baskets as they should be andstill keep the top presentable. Itwill be eas} to modify the dimen- II II II I I II II ll~l Pig. 6. Tray used In the ^loUS and StylcS tO COrrCSpOud crate. to any form of basket that cir- cumstances may make advisable, but the figures anddimensions given will serve as an excellent basis onwhich to work. For nailing up the crates, some kind o
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