Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-05-13

get Into the hands OF the express COM
panies this side Of Chicago they are
handled with tlleutmost care. So even
Halc's and Alexander peaches are
shipped everywhere with notable sue
cess. This all indicates to me that We
Of the East are not all doing as well Us
we might in the shipment OF our fruits.
We are not reaching markets ns far
away or with our fruit IN u good ron-
dition rs we should: and arc not ma
king tins business a. profitable to orr
selves ~ we ought. Very much OF all
success In distant marketing depends
upon methods Of transportation. Take
Strawberries forexainplc. IL has al
ways seemed to inc that the very worst
package for shipping to considerable
distance Is the one used 80 largely III
Southern Ohio, the half bushcl draw.
cr. This j. an almost imncnorial
package. IL has been In Use from the
infancy Of strawberry culture In Ohio
until this time. | have seen 1t year
after year in Detroit and other north
crn cities, and II always succeeds IN
delivering the berries in damaged
condition The finest berries. being
often crushed by the huge packages,
too heavy for one man To lit, beng
rolled over and over. Tie only pack
age that Strawberries should ever be
packed in is the quart box or basket.
Eastern growers Use quart basket
in an open crate. and possibly 1t Is
better than the western box. Still ours
Is very good package II we ship In
cool weather or on refrigerator ears.
Use n quart box. but not the Miclii-
gan quart box. which holds tie right
amount, hut does not look ~ large
nor carry the berries 80 well ~ the
broader and more shallow one which
! use. Tho sixteen quart crate u,cd
In Michigan il about ~ liig'i ~ wide,
30 i. is difficult In tell whether il - on
its aide or bottom. Tie box ma'lc in
Southern Illinois l. iiro inches square
and two aud u hi. deep inside. and Is
packed twenty -four in 81 crate, nm Ming
broad, shallow crate, II package
which YOU readily and always know
how to set down, and can readily see
whether II j. right side up. The long
Octngon box used in Tennessee Is in
fcrior 10 this. Raspbcrrics should al
ways bc shipped in pints. Any rasp-
berry that will carry in Il quart box y
too hard, and too poor. and should
never be grown. believe the best
raspberry package | have ever seen Is
Ia inches deep, and five inches
square. have no difficulty In ship
ping red raspbcrrics long distances by
using this box Il grow Turner most
largcly). ! have shipped them 600
miles and have them arrive in fair
condition. They were sent in retrig-
orator cars to Chicago by freight, re-
quiring two days, and then rcshippcd
To their destination by express.
In the matter Of transportation 1t IL
desirable to keep the fruit as far as
possible out of the hands OF the cx-
press companies, not altogether be-
cause of the cost. but largely bcrause
of the rough manner in which express
men handle fruit packages, and the
hot and unvcntilatcd ears In which
they carry our fruits. | have shipped
much fruit long distances, AMI have
reached almost all the markets
east of the Rocky Mountains at one
time or another. and the result OF II
all Is that do not ship anything by
express when can help IL.
Now in shipping by freight the dif-
lcul,y is time. and perhaps in the
class Of cars. Now We have IN lliinoi::
an accommodating and wisely manng d
railroad. the Illinois Central. They
have for many years furnished excel.
lent shipping facili,ics-cnr- with good
springs and double walls 10 resist
heat, and well 'cntilatcd. They run
them on excellent time and for reason
able pay. Whatever silcccss has at
tended fruit growing in Southern lii
nois has been largely due to the wis
dom and accommodating spirit Of the
Illinois Central Railroad Company.
/ But with all these advantages, we still
find great difficulty in making any of
our fruits keep well in very hot wealth
en-. The most essential condition in
keeping fruits Is to have them cool :,
say at 80 to 81 deg. have been for
about twenty years experimenting In
tl,eusc Of refrigerator boxes and ears.
For many years have shipped straw
berries in refrigerator ears. ii Is n
better way to ship berries and many
other fruits than to Use any Of the VEN
tiIatcd, where YOU want TO reach dis
tant market. Ny success has been uni
form. have never had one failure
where fruit was sound ut starting. |
have never had case Of Strawberries
taken ont in bad condition unless it
went in so. I can ship berries GOO
miles and have them arrive in u good
condition rs when they started. Where
fruit is largely grown combination
can be made among the growers by
wlicl. this method can BE- used, or one
can buy the fruit of the others AMI
ship IL. have been ut this n good
while, but no ono need to fail II he
will use moderate Judgement. DOnot
have the ear too cold, but be sure and
get the fruit entirely cooled. believe
the Tiffany car the only one. suitably
made for this purpose, and II seems
to me to be about absolutely perfect in
its adaptation to this kind OF service.
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