220 FRUIT HARVESTING, STORING, MARKETING 

 CRANBERRY CROPS AND MARKETS BY YEARS 



♦Figures for 1894 and earlier years from annual reports American 

 Cranberry Growers' Association, 



X. HANDIvING SOUTHERN GRAPES 



Prof. F. S. Earle makes the following remarks on 

 the question of picking and packing grapes at the 

 south (Alabama Experiment Station Bulletin no : 

 75, December, 1900). 



' ' Southern g/own grapes are more perishable than the same 

 kind grown at the north, because they ripen during the heat 

 of midsummer. For this reason marketing must be expedited 

 in all possible ways. Only a few hours can be allowed for 

 wilting. Those picked in the morning should be packed in 

 the afternoon, and those picked in the afternoon packed early 

 the following morning, and when packed they should be rushed 

 into refrigerator cars as rapidly as possible. Prices for 



