100 MARKETS. 



Thus, after some time and trouble in starting, 

 and several dear lessons from experience, there 

 is no doubt that the persisting man might not 

 only supply his own family, but secure a con- 

 siderable addition to his income. In some re- 

 spects, I should prefer such a market as I have 

 spoken of to any other ; for, while ordinary fruit 

 often sells at very low prices, it always can be 

 sold, and so got off your hands, while superior 

 fruit will invariably bring a good price and often 

 a very large one. Thus your market becomes 

 an incentive to produce the best. Moreover, 

 after your fruit is picked and shipped, you have 

 no more trouble, while a small local market is 

 hopelessly glutted, and you have to make great 

 exertions to prevent parts of crops from perish- 

 ing on your hands. 



But as my experience has been mainly with a 

 local market, I will now restrict my discussion 

 to this phase of the subject. 



