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the most profitable Avays to market our crop successfully 

 r.iul are still a long way from having a perfect system. 

 There are several ways which are offered for the disposal of 

 raspberries. Of course it is best to market them as quickly 

 and as near home as possible. If one has only a small field, 

 perhaps it is most profitable to retail them from house to 

 house. The next course is to sell to the local merchants. 

 AVe find this cjuite satisfactory. 



Just at the beginning of the season we put a small ad- 

 vertisement ill the local papers advising the public that our 

 berries are on the market and at what stores they may be 

 obtained. We arrange with one or two stores in each near- 

 by town to handle our berries exclusively, and in order that 

 the public may know that they are getting our berries we 

 stamp our name and address on every box and also the date 

 vvdieu picked. By having the date when picked on the bas- 

 ket we avoid getting the blame if the grocer keeps them too 

 long. 



Wo make daily trips and on each trip take the orders 

 fcr the next day. Thus we know each day just how many 

 are sold and if the day's picking is much in excess of the 

 orders we try another fairly satisfactory method of disposal. 

 This is telephoning grocers of several more distant cities or 

 tile merchants in small towns that use only a few crates in a 

 season. Or perhaps we have a few orders from private 

 parties which can be filled whenever we have a surplus. We 

 arrange with grocers in more distant towns, wnereby we 

 send them so many crates daily. 



Very few of our berries go to commission men ))ut it 

 should be borne in mind that raspberries, as well as other 

 ])roduce, sent on commission should be in standartt packages. 

 Two years ago in one New England city a well known com- 

 mission house was selling raspberries in quart ')askets for 

 J 2 cents and in pint baskets for 9 cents. 



A still further and very ])romising method of disposal 

 is putting up caiuied ras])berries, shrub and jam. This 

 last summer when it rained practically eveiy day during the 



