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crates with canvas or clean blankets to keep out the dust and heat. 

 The selling prices of the berries depends very much on their ap- 

 pearance when they reach the place of sale. One lot will often 

 sell for one cent per quart more than another lot of equally well- 

 grown berries, and possibly all on account of the way they are 

 carried to market. 



The one who grows berries for profit should be sure to grow 

 them well, and enough of them so that when he returns from 

 market he will be smiling. Success depends upon well-grown 

 and well -marketed berries ; the two ends must meet and then there 

 is pleasure in the business. 



