CHAPTER VI 

 Picking, Packing, and Marketing 



The strawberry demands a great deal of 

 care at picking time. When the berries have 

 come to their large green stage and begin to 

 turn to the pink, then scarlet or red, it is very 

 important that careful attention be given, and 

 that the picking begins at the right time, sub- 

 sequent pickings being given either every day 

 or every other day, according to the condition 

 of the bed, etc. 



Picking is a quite simple process where 

 the patch is a small home one or really part 

 of the farmer's garden, in which the owner 

 picks according to the demands of his house- 

 hold, but where the business is on a com- 

 mercial scale it is indeed a problem. 



The grower must depend for his pickers 



upon the women, girls, and children in the 



community, attracting them either by a 



slight increase of price per box for picking, 



73 



