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and dislikes. Commercially, these factors do 
not enter in so much, as far as the grower 
is concerned, but are the direct results 
of the popular demand in the markets catered 
to, and of course this demand is more or less 
made up of the personal taste of the buyers. 
The large grower may, however, force, in a 
manner, the sale of a berry of his choice 
by many of the factors of sale, such as 
more attractive package, correct packing, 
and better advertising. Nevertheless, as a 
general rule, the commercial grower must 
have a berry the colour and quality of the 
markets’ demand, and this berry must be a 
good shipper as well as a large producer of 
good-sized fruit. 
In a careful study of the various markets 
of our country, it has been found that first- 
class, well-packed attractive package straw- 
berries are, practically without an exception, 
never over supplied, but there is at times, 
in some of the markets, an oversupply of 
lower grades of fruit, which tends toward 
a glutted market, and a decreased price for 
even the high-priced number one fruit. 
The best advice to the commercial grower 
is, study the demands of your market, then 
