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Fig. 8. (Upper) Berries 

 in trays ready to de- 

 liver to retail store 

 trade in a western 

 Xew Hampshire town, 

 in 1939. (Lower), left 

 to right: A Herbert, 

 June Hybrid, New- 

 hura, and Latham 

 raspberries grown on 

 the same farm for lo- 

 cal trade. 



have growers averaged under lU cents per pint. In 1939. i)rices 

 were sharply higher as a result of a short crop caused 1)}' winter- 

 killing of canes and dry weather. 



See Table IX for figures for each year. 



Table IX. — Prices received for raspberries by New Hampshire growers, 1935-39 



Year 



No. reports 



Retail sales 



Jobbing sales 



All sales 



Daily sales and prices wcri- obtained from nine small ras])berry 

 growers in 193S and these arr shown in l""ig. 9. These figures in- 

 clude all sales, and weighted i)rices are used. Some rise in ])rices is 

 shown begiiuiing the first week in .\ugust. For this grou]) of grow- 

 ers, sales were made froiu Julv 8 to August 20th with i)eak sales on 

 July 25th. 



Weather conditions were unsatisfactory in 1938 and many berries 

 were lost due to excessive moisture. 



