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"We sell them to the large hotel and dining-car 

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 out of five people, when ordering on a diner, called 

 for baked potatoes and they had a hard time to get 

 good bakers the year round. Another thing, he 

 said the boy in the kitchen who prepared the po- 

 tatoes generally picked out the big ones first and 

 left the small ones. A hotel man told me he had the 

 same experience with his kitchen help. But when 

 they are put up this way there is no excuse for 

 using them in any form but baked, and every man 

 to whom I have sold appears to take a fancy to 

 this way of handling them. 



"Then there is another point about it: The sort- 

 ing and picking over is all done away with, as well 

 as eliminating the waste. The potatoes can be 

 taken from the box as wanted and they are always 

 ready for use. The box is of a size that fits in a 





Selected "fancy" potatoes packed in boxes just like 

 apples brought high prices in the large city markets 



small space and that is an item, especially on a 

 diner where the storage capacity is limited. Wrap- 

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 quite in keeping with up-to-date methods and is 

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Twenty cents per hundred weight above the 

 local market price was paid the grower, for Cobblers 

 and Eureka bakers the day delivered. Fifteen 

 cents above the local price was paid for the other 

 varieties. The potatoes were delivered to a large 

 packing house where they were wrapped and packed 

 in apple boxes for shipment. The boxes were pro- 

 duced by a local sash and door factory. 



Another Chicago plan for marketing potatoes is 

 in slat crates holding one bushel. These are for 

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 $1.30 per crate for them. 



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 of a smaller quantity done up in a paper bag. The 

 crate will not take up much room in her kitchen and 

 every potato is a good one, for all the sorting and 

 culling is done where the potatoes are grown. It's 

 the best method of handling we have ever seen; it's 

 making a big hit here in Chicago and I understand 

 it is well liked in New York." 



Washington, D. C. James E. Downing. 



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