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when the smaller fruits hav<» scarcely jihv sale, while the 

 larger bring good paying prices, and when such is the case, 

 the first hardly pay expense of shipping, picking and com- 

 mission, while the last return good prolits. It will be seen 

 we have not figured in the cost ol' phmts, raising and culti- 

 vation, or interest or taxes on land, &c., as these would be 

 the same in raising both Ihe small and large sorts Now, 

 these same prices hold as good on thi' raspberry, in com- 

 ])arison to the large or lirmer sorts, and the smaller or soft- 

 er kinds, and also with all other fruit ; therefore, it is advis- 

 able, if one intends to rely on such large cities for shipping 

 most of our fruits, to plant out largely of the farfi^est, /inest 

 appearing varieties, and give them the best culture, and 

 their prolits will be large, while those sending in the 

 smaller sorts will hardly pay expenses. 



We could nil this little book with facts that have come 

 under our notice, of persons in a/I parts of tht country that 

 have been successful, and made enormous sums of money 

 from their strawberries — even in markets where the price 

 was very low ; the secret being that they grew the best 

 varieties and lar<j^e crops from .small pieces of ground. We 

 consider what one has done, hundreds of others can do. 



But to return to the Krst question — " Have strawberries 

 ceased to be profitable?" They have, and so has any oth(?r 

 crop, provided the raiser does not take enough care or in- 

 terest in them to make them profitable. Suppose a mer- 

 chant fills his store lull of goods, and then leaves them to 

 Tom, Dick and Harry to sell and take care of — he b;nng 

 around a billiard saloon or tavern half the time. Will he 

 find his business profitable ? Or suppose he pays prodigious 

 rents, expenses, &c., and then has a lot of poor unsalea)>le 

 goods ; will he make it pay ? 



All that is necessary to make strawberries profitable, is to 

 have your soil in good order, well manured, deeply ploughed, 

 well harrowed, plants well and thickly set in the row, and 

 of pure, unmixed sorts. Then keep the ground well stirred 

 with the cultivator and hoe, no matter whether they are 

 weeds or not, (and, by the way, we believe it is well for us 

 that weeds do grow, for in working the soil to eradicate 

 them we keep it mellow and pulverized, so that plants are 

 not destroyed by the drouth), and last, but not least, ship 

 them in clean, neat baskets or boxes, and our word for it, 

 you will find them profitable at even six cents per quart, 

 it' Bold near home, or eight cents if sold at a distance — far 



