138 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 



It must be remembered that these figures 

 are for good berries and do not Include soft, 

 poor, or mushy berries, which often bring 

 but 50 cents a crate; nor does this price 

 Include the fancy fruit which sells for a 

 premium of 5 cents to 10 cents per box. 

 At these figures the returns will be: 



8,000 qts. (250 crates) at $2 . . . . $500. 90 ^500.00 



Minus costs total 443-85 362.85 



Net profit $ 56.15 ^137-15 



If the berries were sold at retail the 

 returns would be: 



8,000 qts. at I2C $960.00 $960.00 



Minus total cost 443-85 362.85 



Net profit $516.15 $597-1 



Some readers will think these figures are 

 excessively high and others will consider 

 them quite low, but the author's experience 

 has shown that there are more in the medium 

 class than in either of the above classes, so 

 It is important that the figures should not 

 be of excessively low returns nor of too high 

 rank. 



An average of the estimates show the cost 

 of producing a crate of berries ready for 



