MARKETING CHERRIES 



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whether the public can be educated to use all that will be pro- 

 duced is a problem for the future that will $all for an entirely 

 new type of business ability than that which has been put into this 

 end of the fruit industry heretofore. 





l'i<i. 376. PICKING MONTMORENCY CHERRIES 

 ix ORCHARD OF W. L. McKAY, GENEVA, 



N. Y. 



That the consumption of sherries can be. greatly extended, the 

 following incidents will show: 



A well-known fruit grower who had a young orchard coming 

 into bearing near a large city in Massachusetts went to. a grocer 

 nnd asked whether he could sell some sour cherries. The grocer 

 said he never had, but would try a few in quart berry baskets. 

 Customers tasted of these and exclaimed, " Why, they are sour ! " 

 The grocer persuaded them to try a few for home use, however, 

 and the orders soon increased to a considerable trade. 



