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LOCAL SELLIXG OF MARKET GARDEX PRODUCTS 



Mr, Hallett: I never have. I use the white Portugal onion 

 sets. Peas, the next to appear, is a crop that is called for more than 

 any other, but not as much clear profit is derived from it, on account 

 of increased labor; but if good varieties are raised and well filled in 

 early season, and not too hard in later season, they ^ill readily sell 

 in most markets for sixty cents per peck in early season and never 

 lower than forty cents. We seldom have enough peas. I never 

 for the last few years have grown any of the hard varieties. It 

 discourages your patrons — they feel that possibly you are not care- 

 ful enough in the variety. Give them a good pea and as early as pos- 

 sible. I use the Gregory Surprise for the earliest, and the Gradus 

 or Thomas Laxton to follow, and have several sowings through the 

 season of both of these varieties. I believe that there is no part of 

 the work that one can receive better pay for in the growdng of peas 

 than he can in staking or brushing to keep them from the ground. 

 We have been talking about giving our patrons the best that we can, 

 and if we sell them peas with only two or three in a pod, we are not 

 doing the best that we can. We want to give them a pod that is of 

 good length and well filled. If a pea falls upon the ground so that 

 the end is doubled in the least, it seldom fills. Customers are ready 

 to pay more for the full podded peas than they would for other peas. 

 I never sell for more than sixty to sixty-five cents per peck early, and 

 seldom lower than forty in the late season. 



STRAWBERRIES 



Later, strawberries, a very valuable product, should be raised by 

 all market gardeners, and will command a good price if perfect and 

 well graded before being placed on the market. Two grades of 

 berries should be made, at least. Xo. 1 should be all perfect, good 

 size, and baskets well filled. These will never want for customers at 

 twenty cents per basket. Xo. "2, at a lower price according to 

 quality, consists of small and imperfect berries, but should be sound. 

 Always fill your baskets full, and of the kind of berry that you agree 

 to sell. Some have practiced sorting the berries in the house or 

 shed, and this, I presume, in many instances is what most have to do 

 on account of not having pickers that are careful enough. I. have 

 never done this, because every time that a berry is handled, it must 

 be bruised. Further, I always use a basket of the best quality I can 

 buy, a close-cornered basket. While this will not allow as much air 



