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Title: Cassell's popular gardening
Identifier: cassellspopularg00fish_1 (find matches)
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Fish, David Taylor, 1824-1901; Fish, D. T. (David Taylor), 1824-1901
Subjects: Gardening
Publisher: London ; New York : Cassell
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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340 CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENINa. their position after the boxes are handed over to the tender mercies of a railway company, the contents suffer to an extent that greatly depreciates their value. Some growers use baskets that will hold from eighteen to twenty pounds each, and four of these, v/hen packed in a case of suitable size with handles for general packing is dry, soft moss, of which a large sufjply should be obtained when the weather is fine, thoroughly dried, and beaten with sticks to destroy the harshness and free it from dust. Having the boxes and moss at hand, proceed by placing a layer an inch or more thick evenly over the bottom
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at each end, make up a weight that protects them from being turned over by the railway porters. For private growers, boxes of uniform size that will hold from eighteen to twenty pounds each are^ best; indeed, boxes that will just hold the quantity required are preferable to baskets, as they do not so readily give way to pressure. These should be made of half-inch deal, twenty-four inches long, fourteen inches wide, and six inches deep. The best material of the box, line the box, sides, ends, and bottom, with a double thickness of cap paper and a single thickness of silver paper, allowing one half of the sheets to hang over the sides for turning over when the packing is finished. Weigh the box, carry it to the vinery, placing it in a slanting position by raising one end to an angle of 45°. Commence packing by placing good bunches in each of the lower corners, keeping the shoulders well up to the

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