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first is the grower for the distant and large, or wholesale, market; 
second, the grower for the home, or near, market, and third the pri- 
vate gardener, or one who grows for his own home use. To those 
who grow for the distant or large market and ship their fruit to one 
wholesale house, it seems to me very important that they have but 
two or three varieties, forin this way only can a uniform product 
be sent to market, and thus the best success be attained. If your 
dealer can know that every crate of berries bearing your brand is 
just like every other crate, he can send them to his customers with 
perfect confidence, and you have established a reputation. If your 
berries are all good, your reputation is good also, and if they are 
poor, youwill find itout when the returns comein. While I would 
not like to name the varieties—for every grower must determine 
this for himself—there are certain things that it would be wise to 
observe. 
First, that your berries must be firm enough to ship the distance 
you are from your market and arrive in prime condition—sound, dry 
and fresh appearing. 
Second, that they should be of at least a fair size; all other things 
being equal, the larger the better. 
Third, that the berry should be of an attractive color. I do not 
believe a faded, washed-out looking berry will ever be popular in 
any market. 
Fourth, that the pistillate and staminate varieties that are grown 
together should be as near alike in size, shape, firmness and color 
as it is possible to get them, and if you will have every fifth plant of 
every row a staminate of about the same size, color, etc.,as your pis- 
tillate, you will get a more uniform product than is possible if planted 
in alternate rows, and the fruit picked all together. 
Fifth, that in order to be uniformly profitable it must be a healthy 
plant, a good grower and able to produce a large, or at least a good, 
crop, under the varying conditions it must necessarily meet with at 
the hands of the different growers. 
Sixth and last, but not least, that the condition in which the fruit 
arrives on the market depends as much upon the grower as it does 
upon the variety itself. While it is true that many varieties will 
never be really profitable or what a good berry should be, it is 
equally true that no variety can possibly be at its best in the hands 
of the careless, shipshod grower. 
The grower for the home, or near, market where he can put his 
fruit into the hands of the retailer or consumer, may have a much 
wider range of varieties than the shipper. 
Some of our very best home market berries would be very nearly 
worthless if they had to be shipped far. For the home market we 
may grow the largest varieties, even if they are not firm enough to 
stand much rough handling, and then, too, it does not matter so 
much if they are not all of exactly the same color. What we have 
to look for then in the home market berry is health and vigor of 
plant, great productiveness, large size, attractive appearance and 
good quality, and when we have it grown to put it on the market 
fresh, bright and clean looking, 
