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figure largely in this sort of preserve. North of England, 

 near the boundary between England and Scotland, is one 

 vast raspberry field, where are grown thousands and thous- 

 ands" of acres of this fruit simply to preserve. Raspberries 

 are hardly ever used in their raw state ; and it seems to me 

 that we have got to work along similar lines in order to make 

 a market better adapted for our growers of these small fruits. 

 We grow few of the small fruits except the strawberry here 

 in New England. The raspberry, blackberry, gooseberry and 

 currant are grown in a limited way, but only as a rule in 

 gardens near towns wdiere they can be marketed; but our 

 large bulk of these fruits are imported from the west or else- 

 where. This summer I had a talk with a man who had just 

 come hack from a tour of England, largely in the interest 

 of the fruit industry, and he said that in one localit^• north 

 of London, there are 800 tons of strawberries shipped to 

 the London market every day during the season, and practi- 

 cally the same amount of gooseberries. We probably could 

 not market 800 tons of gooseberries in a month. They would 

 have no use for them in the market. It is very necessary that 

 we educate the public in a larger variety of uses for our 

 fruits, particularh' so that the\' will use more fruit in a pre- 

 served form and less cheap confectionery, there is no more 

 healthy form of sweets than pure fruit and sugar. Li Eng- 

 land when large fiuantities of preserved fruits are used, very 

 much less confectionery is used than in this country. I think 

 it is our business not onlv to develop their growth. l)ut to 

 create a larger market for this particular product. ( )ne of 

 the most important things that we have to do is to hel]) the 

 grower of these small fruits, and especially with strawber- 

 ries, is to have them packed in boxes that are smaller than 

 the regular Z2, 48 and 60 quart crates that we are so familiar 

 with. As a rule the strawberries in such crates get to the 

 markets more or less injured, and the purchaser has to use 

 them f[uickl\- before thev spoil. T think there is a great 

 chance to develop quite a market for a smaller package, and I 



