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Title: L. B. Case's botanical index : an illustrated quarterly botanical magazine
Identifier: CAT31282456 (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: L. B. Case (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Indiana Richmond Catalogs; Nursery stock Indiana Richmond Catalogs; Plants Indiana Richmond Catalogs; Flowers Indiana Richmond Catalogs
Publisher: Richmond, Ind. : L. B. Case
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Fig. 126. Fig. 127. straw board. They are cut and scored at the factory, ready to be tacked together at the fruit grower's home. Many advantages are claimed for these over the wooden boxes, but, as they are comparatively new to shippers, the points of superiority are
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Fig. 129. Fig. 131. Fig. 132. not yet fully attested. For shipping to market, some fruit growers use a very ordi- nary box, as a crate, similar to Fig. 125. If it is advisable to give the berries more air, such a box as Fig. 126 is often made. These are very cheaply constructed, and the cost is small. They serve their pur- pose for a short journey ver)' well. Fig. 127 represents a basket made bv I. C. Wood & Brother, Fishkill, N. Y., which is the favorite with many shippers, not- ably. E. P. Roe, Cornwall-on-Hudson, X. Y. Perhaps, one of the most satis- factory collection of shippers supplies are those made by William Parry, Cinna- minson, X. J., himself, one of the heav- iest fruit shippers in the country. Figs, 129 and 131 represent baskets nested to- gether to return to the fruit grower. Probably, the most satisfactory mode of shipping, is in some of the patent frames or crates similar to Fig. 132, which is made by William Parry, of Cinnaminson, N. J., fastening with, a lock and key, which prevents the petty pilfering, so annoy- ing to shippers. The commission men and dealers usually refund a nominal sum for the boxes and baskets, which they return in the crate to the grower, to refill. For the grape trade, a special series of boxes and baskets are prepared, especially adapted to their re- quirements, for, as grapes are enclosed in a tough, dry skin, ventilation to prevent heat- ing while in transit, that most small fruit, requires in a measure, is unnecessary ; hence, the urgency does not exist for the gveat care is-*"

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