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BUSH-FRUITS 



item of considerable expense. One of the chief objec- 

 tions to the method is the large number of flies 

 which it calls to the scene, the attentions of which do 

 not tend to render the fruit more appetizing. Indeed, 

 those who are familiar with the method are often 

 prejudiced against all dried raspberries. Sun-dried 



Pig. 15. Drying berries in a forcing-house. 



raspberries are usually quoted about one cent a pound 

 below evaporated berries, but consumers can never be 

 sure which they are getting. It is possible that these 

 trays might be covered with fly netting, but this would 

 increase the time needed for drying, and would also 

 not wholly obviate the difficulty, unless the netting 

 was held above the fruit, for if laid directly upon 

 it the netting would only aid the flies. A single 

 attempt to dry blackberries under glass when covered 

 with netting proved such a failure, inducing so much 

 more molding than without the netting, that there is 



