BUSH FRUIT PRODUCTION 



Small containers should be used in harvest- 

 ing and handling red raspberries. Pint splint 

 boxes are used ordinarily, for in quart boxes 

 the weight of the fruit soon tends to crush the 

 berries on the bottom. If the berries are set 

 in a cool place soon after harvesting, they will 

 keep much longer than if allowed to stand in 

 the sun or in a warm place. 



Almost every hamlet in the country offers 

 a good market for surplus berries. The market 

 in many sections never is adequately supplied 

 and unquestionably the consumption of rasp- 

 berries could be extended manyfold if only a 

 larger supply were available. A small town 

 >vill often absorb the output of a commercial 

 plantation of some size. Even where a supply 

 of shipped-in berries is maintained, berries 

 deteriorate so rapidly that the local man can 

 easily gain a reputation for a high quality 

 product. 



Fall Bearing or "Everbearing" 

 Raspberries 



The fall bearing raspberries commonly 

 grown are red varieties, although some black 

 caps also have this habit. The fall crop is 

 borne on the tips of the current season's 

 growth, and in the following year these same 



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