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and dislikes. Commercially, these factors do 

 not enter in so much, as far as the grower 

 is concerned, but are the direct results 

 of the popular demand in the markets catered 

 to, and of course this demand is more or less 

 made up of the personal taste of the buyers. 

 The large grower may, however, force, in a 

 manner, the sale of a berry of his choice 

 by many of the factors of sale, such as 

 more attractive package, correct packing, 

 and better advertising. Nevertheless, as a 

 general rule, the commercial grower must 

 have a berry the colour and quality of the 

 markets' demand, and this berry must be a 

 good shipper as well as a large producer of 

 good-sized fruit. 



In a careful study of the various markets 

 of our country, it has been found that iirst- 

 class, well-packed attractive package straw- 

 berries are, practically without an exception, 

 never over supplied, but there Is at times, 

 in some of the markets, an oversupply of 

 lower grades of fruit, which tends toward 

 a glutted market, and a decreased price for 

 even the high-priced number one fruit. 



The best advice to the commercial grower 

 is, study the demands of your market, then 



