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Answer — Yes, always; no fruit grower should ever use anything 

 else. 



Question — Do you always use new packages ? 



Answer — Yes; I never use second-hand packages. I think it 

 will never pay to use such packages. 



Question — Do they not use return })aekuges at tlie east? 



Answer — Yes, almost exclusively: but I do not approve of it. 

 The fruit men do not approve of it, and there is not a word to be 

 said in its favor. 



Question — Dp you ship by express? 



Answer — No, by freight. Charter the car, and load and unload 

 ourselves. 



Question — Do you ship other fruit than strawberries ? 



Answer — Yes, raspberries. They should be shipped in pint 

 "boxes. I cool all fruit before it is shipped, and ship^in refrigerator 

 cars. T am speaking, of course, of berries. Our own cooling house 

 is a very simi)le one, with double walls, cooled by suspending ice. 

 No system of ventilation is necessary. 'The best cooling houses have 

 no change of air. 



Question — How do you ship cherries? 



Answer — I do not grow cherries, but they are mostly shipped in 

 quart boxes, same as strawberries. 



Question — Do you ship black raspberries same as red^ in pint 

 boxes? 



Answer — Yes. 



Question — How often do you ])ick the different kinds of berries? 



Answer — Every day; and you laiow, gentleuien, there are seven 

 days in the week, and if you are not prepared to pick every day dur- 

 ing the berry season you had better not go into the business of berry 

 growing. Some strawberries, for instance, Longfellow and Sharp- 

 less, will sometimes be better picked but once in two days. 



Question — Who do you find to be the best berry pickers? 



Answer — Women and grown girls are Ijy far the best and most 

 rapid pickers. 



