Milford chronicle., 1908-05-15
To the, Growers and Shippers Of Fruit
On the Delaware Peninsula.

On the Delaware FenlnSula.
1t being definitely decided there will
be no "shelved cars, the shippers must
decide what they will use under the new
conditions, and what package or packages
they will use for the marketing of their
fruit.
It is our purpose, knowing these facts,
to bring to your attention one of the new
packages, The Horton Crate, invented
and patented by a 'Delawarean" especi-
ally to meet the new conditions. A pack
age which if adopted, would soon be rec
,9gnized by the buyer as a Peninsula
Package; just as has the peach basket in
the past.
Should they adopt any package used
in other sections, they will lose the name
or trade mark, they have so long held,
and the consumer will not know what he
is buying.
This being true, why not give the new
crate fair trial not rs or 100 crates,
but long enough for the consumer to get
accustomed to the change ; and by ship
ping in carloads prove their carrying
qualities then, if it does not meet the
req tred qualifcations-discard it and
take something better. If it proves the
desired package, then adopt it. The in
ventor only asks fair trial. and an un-
biased opinion of shippers and growers.
The package will not be as expensive
as the 2-basllet crate advocated by some,
and only about one-half the expense of
some other styles of interlocking crates
while it has certain advantages not OBJ
tanned in any other crate on the market.
az. 1t is so constructed that the entire
strain of fruit comes against the frame
so no Stats can come off, causing loss.
~. When packed in cars or cold stor-
age they will afford perfect ventilation
and free circulation all around every
crate. No dead space to cause heating.
(3), Is so constructed that variation
of several inches in width of car can be
allowed for and taken up completely,
allowing no shifting after loaded in
cars.
%. Is inter-locking, so each crate is
held firmly in place; no matter what the
amount in car,
(5). Will load in any ordinary wagon
body the same way. An ordinary wagon
box will carry as many crates as the old
peach rack would baskets.
CO.. Is so constructed that the five
eighth, or twelve quart size, can be loaded
in the car together perfectly with the
same ventilation and no waste room.
ID. Is the only package on the market
which can be packed top" first; allow
ing the packer to make a smooth regular
faced package, which cannot be done
when packed the other way.
Now in face of these many advantages
what other package has, or can have, the
same merit9 Such being the fact, why
not give it a trial?
So far we have only taken up the crate
as constructed for market shipment of
fruit. As a crate for the shipment of to-
matoes to canneries, it has no, equal,
without shelved cars, and has certain
advantages over them.
The crate made up in fve-eighth size
to hold fve-eighths of a bushel not quite
full, used with no cover, would make the
cheapest, handiest package on the mar
ket as, owing to their construction, they
would out-last the best basket made, and
when brought to the car, could be loaded
as rapidly as could be handled as they
REQUIRE no further attention than setting
in and. as they are to be returned by
fhe railroad company free, they would
stand more shipments than any basket
made. This makes them by far the cheap
est in the end.
At the close of the season, they could
be utilized by the farmers in storing sweet
winter apples, or other truck,
and would make an excellent package for
cold storage.
These crates will be handled by your
dealer at the different points OF shipment.
90 see him and talk it over. See the crate |
md give it a trial. They can be made
bv any basket or box factory on a royalty.
JOHN S. HORTON, Milford, De-.