1/8 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The demand for the fruit seems to keep up with the extra amount 

 set each year. The names of the leading varieties of fruits used in 

 red raspberries are Marlboro and Loudon, with Shipper's Pride and 

 -other varieties introduced ; for black, Nemaha and Gregg ; and for 

 strawberries, Bederwood, Crescent and Lovett. 



Each member of the association has a number, and the number 

 is stamped on his cases. This makes it quite easy for the manager 

 to keep an account of each member's sales. 



I would recommend that wherever there are eight, ten or more 

 farmers raising fruits for commercial purposes, that they would or- 

 ganize themselves into a co-operative association to sell and dis- 

 pose of their fruit, for in so doing better rates on express and also 

 better prices on fruit may be obtained, and they will also save largely 

 on commission. One man as general manager can do better in sell- 

 ing than ten or twenty men selling the same, as the manager has 

 more time to look after the prices of fruit and keep posted. Fruit 

 growers are very busy looking after the picking and tending the 

 fruit ; hence, cannot have the time to devote to the marketing. 



Mr. R. A. Wright : The general manager is supposed to inspect 

 the fruit when it is brought in. How can he do that when the 

 grower does not bring it in only about half an hour before train 

 time? 



Mr. Stubbs : Well, he cannot go through it all. He ought to 

 have a helper to assist him. If there is any fault found with the 

 fruit of members who are shipping they are docked. 



Mr. Wright : How do you manage it when in the same shipment 

 there is some fruit under grade? 



Mr. Stubbs : Well, we don't find that very often. Sometimes 

 there is a little difficulty in that way in rainy weather. In that case 

 the fruit is all damaged alike, and that would only happen about in 

 a day's picking. 



Mr. Wright : I did not have reference to that so much, but 

 some people do not bring in their berries in such good shape as 

 others, and it does not seem right that those with good fruit should 

 not get more for it. Do you have a first and second grade ? 



Mr. Stubbs : The general manager sees to that. If it is too 

 poor for first grade, then it could not be shipped in the association's 

 name. 



Mr. Wright : Do they not go all together at the same price ? 



Mr. Stubbs: If there are some naturally off and not salable, 

 he has to keep them separate and give them credit for it. 



Mr. A. G. Long: Is it not a fact that when a grower has extra 

 good fruit it helps to sell the poor fruit, and the man with the poor 

 fruit gets just as much as the other? 



Mr. Stubbs : Well, our prices run pretty much alike. We have 

 never had any trouble yet. 



