HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OUT OF BLACK EASPBEBBIES. 2\"] 



from other stations along the railroad. To illustrate the transporta- 

 tion of perishable fruits at this time : It is estimated that there are 

 60,000 refrigerator cars in the service of the different railroad com- 

 panies, and when we consider that the time of trains from New 

 Orleans to Chicago is only fifty-five hours, it will readily be seen 

 how our markets are supplied with fresh fruits. 



It is also shown that, on an average, a distance of 100 miles 

 makes a week's difference in the time of ripening of fruits. Be- 

 ginning in Florida in March, extending into Mississippi in April, 

 and then Tennessee and Illinois. As the season advances, our mar- 

 kets are well supplied till fruit ripens here. 



There are also changed conditions in the consumption of fruits. 

 Twenty-five years ago black raspberries were largely grown in the 

 state of New York for drying. The grocers were supplied with the 

 dried fruit, which has frequently been sold here in the west at sixty 

 cents per pound. The industry was considered quite profitable, 

 but the markets today will not use dried fruits when they can be 

 had fresh. 



It has been demonstrated that we can grow all the small fruits 

 in Minnesota in abundance, but commercially we must consider the 

 cost. It is well known that in truck farming and small fruit grow- 

 ing the most expensive part of the business is the hand labor re- 

 quired, and it is an established fact that the price of this labor is 

 highest here, gradually decreasing as you go south, thus enabling 

 southern planters to produce at less cost than we can. And where 

 the commodity is grown sufficiently to be marketed by the carload 

 transportation again plays an important part. A grape grower of 

 Chautauqua, N. Y., can ship grapes to the twin cities at a cost of 

 five cents per basket, while a single crate or basket of fruit will 

 cost me thirty-five cents. 



A man who grows grapes in N. Y. told me he had disposed of 

 his crop, estimated at forty tons, for three-quarters of one cent per 

 pound, and considered that he did well. If we should have to sell 

 grapes at that price, the commercial prospects would not be flatter- 

 ing, but these conditions illustrate the commercial side of fruit 

 growing, and may be applied to black raspberries. To be profitable, 

 commercially, they must be grown in large quantities where ship- 

 ping facilities are the best, or near the large cities, where the gar- 

 dener does his own marketing. 



Let us consider the subject without that word "commercially." 

 How to make the most out of black raspberries? Place them on 

 your table at meal time, three times a day during their season, 



