THE STRAWBERRY DECEMBER 1908 



in his patch at Sandusky, Ohio, October 

 10, will have no doubt of the ability of 

 the strawberry to thrive under very dis- 

 couraging meteorological conditions. The 

 past season has witnessed some remark- 

 able phenomena in the strawberry fields, 

 most of which indicate that there is no 

 other fruit that is more persistent and re- 

 liable than the strawberry. 



J KNOW that the world, the great big world 



Will never a moment stop 

 To see which dog may be in the fault, 



But will shout for the dog on top. 

 But for me, I shall never pause to ask 



Which dog may be in the right. 

 For my heart will beat, while it beats at all. 



For the under dog in the fight." 



More Differences Than One in the 

 Quality of Fruit 



1 SHALL not forget my first experience 

 in selling strawberries," writes a 

 practical strawberry grower in Rural 

 New-Yorker. He continues: "That 

 year the crop in this section was unusually 

 heavy, and prices therefore ruled very low. 

 When I came to town there were 32 

 wagon loads on the market, and .'till 

 coming; berries sold from three to five 

 cents per quart. I had some fine large 

 Jessie and Bubach, and got six cents for 

 them. After being sold out I walked 

 into a store, where I saw a large display 

 marked from live to sevon cents per 

 quart, but at one side, on a separate 

 counter, were a small lot marked 11 cents. 

 They were a sight to behold, laid in tiers 

 in the basket, the dark-colored side of the 

 berry turned up, laid closely together, 

 every berry seemingly of the same large 

 size, and filled so full there was not room 

 for another berry in the basket; the at- 

 tractiveness was a revelation to me. 



"I went home; there 120 quarts, as fine 

 berries as those I saw in town, were al- 

 ready picked for next day's market, but 

 they were not filled as well, nor as nicely 

 graded, and not as attractively put up as 

 those in town. I went to work at once, 

 refilled, and put up the berries as I had 

 seen the others in town. When done I 

 had 87 quarts firsts, 18 quaits seconds, 

 and 15 quarts of empty baskets. I lost 

 15 quarts by filling baskets the new way. 



I went to town the next day; the 

 market was in the same glutted condi- 

 tion, but I asked and received readily 10 

 cents per quart. I got seven cents per 

 quart for my seconds; the 105 quarts sold 

 for $9.95; had I left the same berries in 

 the 120 quart baskets I should have re- 

 ceived $7.20 for them. I do not retail; 

 I sell all my stuff to grocers and dealers. 



Having my load sold I went into the 

 store to collect, but had to wait quite a 

 while, as they were very busy. Here I 

 had a chance to see what people really 

 want. Strawberries were marked from 

 five to se\'en cents; mine were marked 



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12 1-2 cents. To prove to you that 

 people wdl pay a big price for a fine arti- 

 cle honestly put up more cheerfully than 

 a lower price for an inferior article, I was 

 surprised to notice that everyone who 

 bought berries took mine and paid 12 1-2 

 cents for them, leaving the five and seven- 

 cent berries, until all mine were sold ex- 

 cept a half bushel, which the grocer put 

 back under the counter saving them, as 

 he said, for a special customer. 



One lady ordering five quarts of my 



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berries, spoke up and said: 'Of course 

 they are so much nicer than those others, 

 but it seems the difference in the price is 

 is very big." The grocer sa'd: "1 make 

 one-half cent more on the cheap berries 

 than I do on these — you will have to 

 quarrel with that man," turning to me. 

 "He puts that high price on them." The 

 lady looked at me as though waiting for 

 an explanation, so I told the grocer to se- 

 lect one basket of his cheap berries and 

 put them on the scale and weigh it. 



