THE PRACTICAL COUNTRY GENTLEMAN 



fancy price for a fancy article — and they are 

 to be found, lots of them. Sell the seconds to 

 grocers or fruit stands, and the third sell at 

 home for what you can get, or use yourself, or 

 feed to the hogs. Take to a cool airy cellar 

 as soon as picked and always ship in the even- 

 ing, if possible, as the fruit will travel during 

 the night." 



W. C. Wilson, of Illinois, says : 



" Be as honest as you can. Do not allow 

 pickers to put any trashy, rotten, or green berries 

 in the box. To avoid this I find it is absolutely 

 necessary to have a superintendent in the patch 

 and directly among the pickers. Use clean new 

 boxes." 



Raspberries, blackberries, currants, and 

 gooseberries need the same care, and one who 

 is going In for fruit raising will do well to buy 

 one or two reliable books on the subject before 

 starting in. Vegetables of all kinds should be 

 washed and packed in wicker hampers for ship- 

 ment. A friend of the writer Is having great 

 success In shipping daily hampers to customers 

 in New York. These hampers contain a one- 

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