Show favor small container for market tomatoes the profit in early tomatoes grown for market depends a great deal on the type of package the tomatoes are sold in E R lancashire says that vegetable collecting in southern ohio offered at the farms for or 10 pound baskets of early tomatoes 7 when 20 pound baskets were selling for in the columbus market the reasons why the smaller container sells to better advantage are straight sided small baskets permit packing fruits if you grant grani the tomato Is a fruit of uniform size whereas the 20 pound climax basket necessitates small ones onca beneath and big ones on top another thing the two layers of tomatoes in the smaller basket are divided by corrugated paper gothere so there Is less damage in hauling to market A paper liner in the sided basket will help the price too |