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gathered, and place them in a cool and airy situation at the 

 north side of a building. They are left piled up there till 

 quite late in the season ; but when in danger of freezing, they 

 are taken within doors. During winter they are kept in the 

 cellar. 



Small quantities may be spread on shelves, or floors of airy 

 unused rooms. They may thus be kept nice till time to put 

 them in barrels and remove to the cellar. Cranberries are 

 often put into clean kegs or casks, which are afterwards filled 

 with pure cold water, and made tight, and are then sent safely 

 through all climates, to the most distant markets. When the 

 fruit is raked from the "vdnes, it may be kept for a time in the 

 chaff, and be winnowed and sorted late in the season, or at the 

 time of disposal. 



SELLING THE FRUIT. 



This is an important part of the business. Very often, the 

 whole difference between very great and veiy small jjrofits, is 

 the resiilt of greater or less skill in selling. It is useless, per- 

 haps, to undertake to give directions in this, for success consists 

 principally in mere tact and ability to judge of the proper time, 

 place and mode of disposal. I will venture a few hints, 

 however. 



A man who grows nice cranberries and ripens them well, 

 and who invariably puts them up well assorted and clean, can 

 easily obtain from fifty cents to one dollar and twenty-five cents 

 per bushel more than one who is careless on these points. So, 

 too, a man who informs himself which are the best markets, 

 will find the best customers there, and so obtain better prices. 



Many cranberry growers are at present rather too much at 

 the mercy of shrewd cranberry dealers in Boston and elsewhere. 

 These buy up the crop in the fall, at their own prices, and ship 

 them off to various ports later in the season, making enormous 

 profits by the transfer.** This may be borne, for in time more 

 of the fruit will be grown, and prices will become more equal 

 as the markets will be more numerous, and much more gen- 



