THE STRAWBERRY APRIL 1907 



nothing else will more quickly break down 

 the market than will fruit in this condition. 



7. Do not pack the quart boxes of 

 berries in the crates until they are cool, 

 and keep them in a cool dry place until 

 ready to take them to market. 



8. Never send berries to market with- 

 out nicely arranging the top of each quart, 

 whether fancy or second-grade, and see 

 that they are the same all through the box. 



9. Never allow several dealers to han- 

 dle your berries in a small town. If you 

 do, a cutting of prices surely will result. 



10. Do not put two varieties in the 

 same box or crate unless the berries are 

 so nearly alike that the difference could 

 not be detected. 



I think that by combining these sug- 

 gestions with your own ideas a good profit 

 may be realized from your crop this sea- 

 son. Those who have been reading the 

 "Autobiography" can see what difficulties 

 I passed through before hitting upon a 

 profitable plan for marketing my berries. 

 I hope that in these articles the reader may 

 receive many valuable suggestions on mar- 

 keting as well as concerning other features 

 of strawberry production. 



Crop Outlook in the Southern Sea- 

 board Strawberry Field 



By F. L. M. 



WITH the actual opening up of 

 spring in the South much activity 

 is being displayed on the splendid 

 truck farms of eastern North Carolina 

 and tidewater Virginia. These areas have 

 long been famous for their early vegetables, 

 but this \'ear, if one may judge from pres- 

 ent prospects, the crop is to be earlier and 

 larger than ever before. The young 

 plants already are far advanced and, unless 

 some unforeseen disaster overtakes them 

 or the season proves unfavorable, truckers 

 in this section will have their products 

 upon the Northern markets at an unusually 

 early date. The warm winter has aided 

 greatly in this work. The temperature 

 has not only been high but very even— 

 the most desirable kind of weather for 

 pushing early vegetables. 



These remarks apply to strawberries 

 and other fruits quite as much as to vege- 

 tables. Though the strawberry outlook 

 is quite bright, all reports indicate that 

 the acreage will be considerably reduced 

 from what it was last year — some say by 

 25 per cent. The farmers in some sections 

 have, in the past several years, and par- 

 ticularly last year, suffered severe loss on 

 account of lack of transportation facilities. 

 Discouraged by inability to get their pro- 

 ducts to market promptly, they have this 

 year reduced their acreage of berries and 

 increased their acreage in other truck crops. 

 In the Norfolk, Va. and Newbern, N. C. 

 areas there has been a slight increase of 

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