CHAPTER VI 
Pick1nc, Packxtnc, AND MarkeETING 
THE strawberry demands a great deal of 
care at picking time. When the berries have 
come to their large green stage and begin to 
turn to the pink, then scarlet or red, it is very 
important that careful attention be given, and 
that the picking begins at the right time, sub- 
sequent pickings being given either every day 
or every other day, according to the condition 
of the bed, etc. 
Picking is a quite simple process where 
the patch is a small home one or really part 
of the farmer’s garden, in which the owner 
picks according to the demands of his house- 
hold, but where the business is on a com- 
mercial scale it is indeed a problem. 
The grower must depend for his pickers 
upon the women, girls, and children in the 
community, attracting them either by a 
slight increase of price per box for picking, 
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