MABKETING THE PLUM. 



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In filling basket J sort the plums. First quality fruit should be 

 choice plums. Pick the smaller ones out and put them in another 

 basket and sell them cheaper. Do not mix varieties. Have each 

 kind in basket by itself as long as supply lasts. I have on each load 

 peeling plums, a few baskets of smaller ones and some that are fully 

 ripe. I have also on each load from six to ten baskets of choice ripe 

 plums for eating out of hand. I get for these last the small baskets, 

 such as they send the California fruit in. Early varieties can be 

 marketed very profitably in such a basket. 



Martin Penning, Sleepy Eye. 



Every man has to study his market and has to find out what 

 people like best. I sell lots of peeling plums — people like them. 

 For peeling, plums should not be too ripe, colored up well and just 

 a little hard. I will add that when marketing plums, have your 

 baskets clean and have the man handling them look neat and clean, 

 and have a clean cover over your plums. All this helps wonderfully 

 in selling the fruit. 



I will say in regard to the small packages that where a man has 

 a small amount of plums for sale the small baskets are the most 



