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tlie grower has handed me an empty berry basket and asked 

 if we cared to pick them ourselves. Of course we were 

 more than delighted, it was a novel experience to go and 

 pick the ripest berries you could find, just the very ones that 

 the grower wanted to get rid of, you got the freshest and 

 best he had and you paid a fair price for them, you saved 

 him a little labor when he handed you the basket and you 

 paid for them and went away. 



MRS. STORROW : I would like to say, about the price, 

 it all depends on whether the growers want to build up a 

 retail trade. If they want to bring their fruit directly to 

 the consumer, they must make some concession to make up 

 for the convenience of being able to telephone to your 

 dealer around the corner and having it sent around in quick 

 time ; there has got to be a division of advantage on both 

 sides. 



A MEMBER: There are various sides to all these ques- 

 tions. I happen to own a small farm in Worcester County. 

 T am a pretty poor farmer, but there are some very good 

 ones about me and one man raises a good deal of small fruit. 

 I'eople come there to get it, and if they want a crate or half 

 a crate, he will tell them it will be ready Tuesday, and so 

 they go there Tuesday, and if for some reason he has sold it 

 or it is not ready until Wednesday, they have to drive out 

 twice, and when they get there he says, "I don't know just 

 what the price is in the city. I will find out what the price is 

 today and send you a l)ill." He doesn't know; on the other 

 hand, there is another farmer on the other side of me Avho 

 raises peaches and this last year was his first crop of any 

 size. He had 15,000 or 20,000 baskets and catered particu- 

 larly to the automobile trade. He put up signs for a mile 

 or two on each side of his place and asked me the privilege 

 of putting up some signs on my trees, which I granted him, 

 i.nd he specially catered for that trade, charged them a 

 round price and sold them right on the farm for more than 

 he could have gotten if he carried them 15 or 20 miles to 

 Boston or Fitchburg or Worcester. 



