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dry red raspberries is always sluggish. 

 Since the Cuthbert is the firmest of the 

 red types, it does not mat down upon 

 the trays as do the others, nor does it 

 lose sugar through dripping as most 

 red berries do. Consequently, it makes 

 a more inviting product, but is usually 

 sold at a price 1 and iy2 cents per 

 pound below the black varieties. Of 

 the purple cane berries, the Shaffer is 

 the only one which the Eastern evapo- 

 rators will accept, and it is taken at 

 low prices for the reason that the yield 

 is smaller than for the black varieties 

 while the product, like that of the red 

 berires, must go into the export rather 

 than into the domestic market. Of the 

 black varieties, the Ohio and the Gregg 

 are most desirable to the evaporator. 

 Both are rather firm berries, hence dry 

 readily without breaking down and 

 matting together, and consequently do 

 not require the rehandling which is 

 necessary with berries of the softer 

 types. The yield of dry stock per ton 

 of fresh fruit will average, for Ohio 

 and Gregg, 450 to 475 pounds, for Cuth- 

 bert about 420 and for Shaffer not more 

 than 400 pounds. The prices for the 

 dry product are determined primarily 

 by the production in the Eastern berry- 

 growing districts and particularly in 

 that portion of New York bordering 

 upon Lake Ontario, where it is the cus- 

 tom to dry a portion of the crop in 

 years of large yields but to sell practi- 

 cally the whole crop to the canneries 

 and in the fresh-fruit market in years 

 having smaller production. From such 

 figures as I have been able to collect, 

 the evaporator may be expected to 

 realize about 15 or 16 cents per pound 

 for berries packed in 50-pound boxes, 

 19 or 20 cents for those packed in 1- 

 pound paper cartons. Since the drying 

 costs will be 2 cents per dry pound, 

 the operator will have 13 to 18 cents 

 from which to gel his profits, provide a 

 sinking fund to tide him over seasons 

 of low prices, and pay the grower for 

 4% pounds of fresh berries. Conse- 

 quently 3 cents per pound is an upper 

 limit beyond which prices to the 

 grower cannot go, except in the case 

 of the exceptional plant which puts 

 practically all its product into small 

 packages ready for the consumer. 



While the price just mentioned puts 

 the drying of berries out of the ques- 

 tion in districts which can secure 

 prices of 4 ¥2 to 5% cents per pound 

 from the canneries, it should be said 



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