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BULLETIN 274, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



crates and cups with berries too ripe for shipping into cannery crates. 

 The shipping quality is determined by the appearance of the fruit in 

 the box as regards its degree of ripeness and firmness, the fruit never 

 being emptied out for resorting or grading. The final determination 

 of the shipping fruit is, however, made by the association inspectors, 

 and it is not unusual for berries put in shipping crates by the grower 

 to be rejected and sent to the cannery when inspected at the associa- 

 tion receiving station. 



HAULING AND DELIVERY. 



The berries are nearly all delivered at Puyallup or Sumner, a 

 small proportion at North Puyallup, Auburn, and other stations. 



Fig. 11. — Picking red raspberries at Sumner, Wash., in a yard in which the new canes 

 have been gathered together in the middle of the row in order to facilitate picking 

 operations. 



They are seldom hauled more than 6 miles, and the greater portion 

 less than 3. The wagons used for hauling are of various sizes and 

 types, depending on the quantity of berries and the distance they 

 have to be transported. Large drays provided with good springs 

 are oftentimes used to haul berries from considerable distances for 

 several growers. Usually each grower hauls his own berries, and 

 in nearly every case wagons or carts with springs are used for haul- 

 ing. Many of the growers, living within the city limits or close 

 by take their berries to the canning or receiving stations in 2-wheeled 

 hand carts. Figures 13 and 14 give a good idea of the different 



