. Strawberry-growing. Strawberries. Packages 149 teen to twenty inches wide and two feet long. Nail a six inch board to the back of it, then put on one inch strips to form the slots, as shown in the picture. These slots hold the ends and center pieces into their places while the sides are being nailed ; One piece of heading should be placed exactly in the center of ^g aP" the frame and the side pieces should be exactly even with the heading at both top and bottom. Use three-fourths ^'°- lO—^o™ for making Leslie or HaUock crates. mch No. 16 wu-e nails; and leave no nails protruding
. Strawberry-growing. Strawberries. Packages 149 teen to twenty inches wide and two feet long. Nail a six inch board to the back of it, then put on one inch strips to form the slots, as shown in the picture. These slots hold the ends and center pieces into their places while the sides are being nailed ; One piece of heading should be placed exactly in the center of ^g aP" the frame and the side pieces should be exactly even with the heading at both top and bottom. Use three-fourths ^'°- lO—^o™ for making Leslie or HaUock crates. mch No. 16 wu-e nails; and leave no nails protruding to catch the hands. American crates come knocked down and ready to as- semble by nailing the sides and bottoms to the ends. The division pieces or trays come made up. American boxes are shipped made up and compactly nested. They re- quire special machinery to make up and the veneer dries out and gets brittle if shipped in the flat. Several types of "folding" crates for use with American baskets are on the market, but have won little favor as yet. They are shipped folded and require no nailing, either for assembling or for attaching covers. SPECIAL PACKAGES Most strawberries are marketed ia the packages de- scribed above, but a number of special packages are in use. These are of two types; those that furnish refrigeration for berries shipped to distant markets, and those that are convenient for near Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Fletcher, Stevenson Whitcomb, 1875-. New York, The Macmillan Company
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