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X. H. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION. [Bulletin 137 



Fiij. 7. — Harvest time oh a Concord, Mass., strawberry j'arin. 



per acre ; variety, Glen Mary. 



Yield ooO bushels 



The conventional bushel crate is best for distant shipments or 

 ordinary fruit when sold in the home market. The twenty-one 

 basket tray shown in Fig. 8 is recommended only for handling 

 very fancy berries for nearby markets, where team deliver}^ is 

 possible and is not adapted to any other means of transporta- 

 tion. The dimensions of above tray are as follows: 38 inches 

 long, 17 inches wide, 5 inches deep (inside measurements). 



Home markets will usually prove more satisfactory than those 

 at a distance, altho a fancy mark of berries will often bring more 

 in a large market than in a small one. Most of the berries sold 

 in the Boston and New York markets are grown twenty to forty 

 miles outside. 



Old Beds. 



StraAvberry beds may be allowed to fruit one or more seasons, 

 depending upon the fertility of soil, freedom from weeds, stand 

 of plants, etc. After the first harvest, if bed is to be retained 

 another year, 600 to 800 pounds per acre of formula A should 



