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grape basket. As he comes to the shed, he slips his 
number into the basket on a bit of card or splint, 
and he sees the basket weighed and the eredit given; 
or, if the picker has no suspicions, the foreman may 
gather the baskets from the field. Growers generally 
pay 2 cents a quart for raspberries, or 1.6 cents a 
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pound (since a quart weighs 174 pounds), but the 
price can be dropped to 1 cent a pound in some 
varieties and in good picking. 
In the picking of fruits, it is always essential that 
each picker finish the particular job to which he is 
assigned. This is especially important in the small- 
fruits, for the picker must follow a certain row, and 
