96 BIGGIE BERRY BOOK. 



I charge my pickers to pick nothing but first-class berries for 

 S. R. ROGERS market ; all inferior berries to be put in a box 

 by themselves. O. 



Sort into two grades and aim at uniformity in every box 

 EDWARD W. CONE and every package. Plant firm berries 

 both for home and distant market. Wis. 



CEO. W. ELVINS Do not try to ship immediately after a rain, 



N.J. 



The fewer pickers one can get along with the better. Use 

 men and women ; young boys and girls are no good. I prefer 

 young men, the women's dresses drabble too much ; if women, 

 GEORGE Q. Dow . then I want them to wear a sort of bathing 

 suit. Never send a basket to market the second time ; use new 

 ones and clean crates. Do not deacon your fruit, but have it 

 alike all through. Sell your own fruit and keep out of the hands 

 of the commission men. N. H. 



We use six basket carriers, Handy's. The pickers sort the 

 berries, put in the small, soft or otherwise inferior fruit in one 

 E. G. TlCE basket, while the rest are put in the other baskets. 

 The pickers arrange the berries neatly 011 the top of each basket, 

 thus presenting a neat appearance. The culls, or seconds, are 

 sold to peddlers to do with as they choose. N. Y. 



We pick our berries every day in the berry season, there is 

 no other way to do it. You cannot pick a strawberry that is two 

 days old and send it to market. It must be picked when it is 

 exactly at the right stage for picking, and if you take care to do 

 that, you can ship them i ,cco miles if you want to. The condition 

 PARKER EARLE to which I refer is that which the berry 

 has reached when it first begins to color. It is largely a question 

 of variety, as some varieties will continue to change color and 

 ripen after they are picked, while others will not. Of course the 

 ones for shipping purposes are the ones that will continue to 

 change. III. 



