Uses 53 



HARVESTING AND MARKETING 



Red raspberries should be picked often, every other day 

 if possible. They deteriorate rapidly after ripening, 

 whether on the bushes or off. Being a soft berry, easily 

 crushed and difficult to ship, they should be started on the 

 way to market as soon as possible. The longer they re- 

 main after ripening, the softer, duller in color, and poorer 

 in quality they become. They are best marketed in pint 

 baskets, though the quart basket is often used. The pint 

 baskets are oblong in shape and the size is such that the 

 ordinary bushel crate will hold sixty of them. Settling 

 and crushing from the weight of the fruit itself is largely 

 avoided and the fruit reaches the consumer in much better 

 condition than when marketed in larger baskets. The fruit 

 should not be picked when wet and should be kept in a 

 cool well-ventilated place until sent away. A home 

 market is best, and except in localities where they are 

 largely grown, is usually at hand. The fruit seems to be a 

 universal favorite and is in demand almost everywhere. 



USES 



The red raspberry is essentially a dessert fruit and one 

 which should reach the consumer promptly. It is also 

 used by canners, and this may afford a good outlet to 

 growers rightly located. It can be readily evaporated, 

 but this is seldom done. The shrinkage is so great that the 

 price at which the dried product must sell in order to 

 yield a fair return for the fresh fruit seems high to the pur- 

 chaser. A heaping quart basketful of fruit will weigh 



