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trifle ; then before marketing they are picked over by 

 hand to remove stems, green berries and other litter. 

 This does not cost over one cent a pound and is some- 

 times paid for by the pound at that rate, so that the 

 whole cost may be placed at one cent a quart, as 

 against two cents usually paid for hand-picking. 

 There are those, however, who think that in the end 

 there is not much difference in the expense, whether 

 gathered with the harvester or picked by hand. 

 Growers who have had experience with both methods 

 express the opinion that harvesting yields a better 

 quality of dried fruit than hand-picking, for the rea- 

 son that, if picked by hand, they cannot afford to look 

 them over again after drying, and so they do not go 

 to market in as clean and nice condition as those which 

 come from the harvester. 



Some extensive and general fruit-growers find it 

 inconvenient to attend to the matter of looking over 

 the dried product at the same time that other fruits, 

 which follow on after the raspberries, are claiming their 

 attention, and for that reason prefer to pick a large 

 part of the crop by hand and market it fresh, if they 

 can get pickers conveniently. In that case, they find 

 the harvester a great convenience to finish up the last 

 of the crop. Every grower knows how much dissatis- 

 faction occurs in keeping the pickers at their work 

 after the berries begin to get thin. With the har- 

 vester, the late berries can all be gathered at one time 

 with a great deal of satisfaction to all concerned. 

 This plan is also available for those who sell their 

 fruit fresh. The last of the crop can be gathered 



