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should be taken never to pick the fruit when wet. and 

 to keep it in a cool, well ventilated place until sent to 

 market. A home market is by far the most desirable. 

 For evaporating, berries may be batted off (Fig. 13; 

 and see discussion in next chapter). 



USES 



The red raspberry is essentially a fruit to be sold 

 on the market fresh, unless the grower chances to be 



Fig. 13. Berry harvester. (See page 74.) 



located near a canning factory. There is no difficulty 

 whatever in evaporating it, but the shrinkage is so great 

 that it is hard to secure a price for the dried product 

 which is high enough to yield a fair price per quart of 

 fresh fruit. A heaping quart basketful of fruit will 

 weigh about four ounces when dried, varying some- 

 what with seasons and other conditions, so that one 

 cannot expect over seven or eight pounds of dried 



