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Because of the great variation in crops from year to year, the 

 census data for any one year do not necessarily indicate either the 

 normal supply or the relative values of the various kinds of berries. 

 Nevertheless, comparative census data even though not as recent as 

 could be desired, are of some interest. The 1929 census gives us the 

 last comparative figures for all growers of all berries. Strawberries 

 far exceeded all other berry crops in value. Blueberries were sec- 

 ond and raspl)errics third in importance. Total value of berries pro- 

 duced exceeded $200,000 in that year. 



Outlets for Berries 



Production of vegetables and small fruits by hotels, camps, and tour- 

 ist homes 



Slightly over one-half the hotels and tourist homes and about one- 

 fifth of the camps produce some vegetables of their own, but less 

 than 10 per cent of these concerns which serve food produce any 

 small fruits. Table II indicates the extent to which these concerns 

 produce the various small fruits. 



These types of buyers offer an important potential outlet for ber- 

 ries. They are not producing any ai:)preciable part of the fruits 

 needed and they are not buying the maximum amount which they 

 would buy if good quality supplies were made available to them. 



Table II. — Per cent of New Hampshire hotels, camps, and tourist homes which 



produced small fruits in 1937 



Tourist 

 Hotels Camps Homes All 



No. reports received 



Per cent having garden 



Per cent raising strawberries . 



Per cent raising raspberries 



Per cent raising blackberries 



Per cent picking own blueberries 



Per cent picking grapes 



Comments from camps and hotels on produce supplies 



Hotel and camp managers seem to be rather critical of the i)rices 

 and supplies of small fruits and vegetables, and of the service ac- 

 companying their purchases from producers. When such criticisms 

 are numerous, they must have some basis. In any event it seems 

 desirable to quote a few of the criticisms given as they may serve 

 to guide us in the correction of the situation. 



Camps 

 Grafton county 



"We are a charity camp, little iutert'sted in fresh this and fresh 

 that. We buy mostly in No. 10 cans ... if the local farmer would 

 trv to give the summer people a decent price, and not try to make 



