Over $700.00 per Acre Clear Profit 



In 1953 we had two acres of Tennessee Beauty strawberries that yielded us a clear profitof over $700.00 

 per acre from the fruit. This field had no special attention in the way of cultivation and fertilizing, and at fruiting 

 time the picking was done very irregularly. We marketed slightly under 6,000 quarts per acre, the total yield 

 being somewhat over 6,000 quarts. The average price was slightl^y less than 30c per quart f.o.b. With real 

 good care the yield could be jumped up a lot. As you may note below the average price was well under the 

 season's average for good berries on the New York market in 1953. 



Strawberries are a good crop to grow and you can make money from them- Our $700.00 per acre profit 

 on these two acres this year is good but not outstanding for good strawberry growers. 



THE RECORD 



Wholesale Prices New York Produce Market, 

 April 24th to July 6th, 1953. Berries from Lousi- 

 ana, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Dela- 

 ware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut. 



Date Lowest Highest 



April 24 $ .25 $ .60 



May 1 10 .60 



May 5 15 .45 



May 8 12 .55 



May 22 30 .60 



May 27 20 .60 



Juno 1 15 .55 



June 5 .25 .65 



June 10 15 .60 



June 15 25 .75 



June 19 30 .75 



June 24 15 .60 



July 1 15 .60 



July 6 15 .60 



THE MEANING 

 1. 



Quality Pays. The difference in price be- 

 tween the best and the poorest was never less 

 than 20c per quart and ranged up to 50o per 

 quart more for the best fruit. 



2. 



enough to yield a good profit even with today's 

 high costs. 



The Price Was Good All Year from Loui- 

 siana to New York, from April to July. Wherever 

 you live good berries will make you money. 



Berries like these always pay 



PROFIT 

 INSURANCE 



Use your very best land. 



Set good plants of fancy high-yielding varieties. 



Grow some berries every year. 



Give your berries good care. 



Don't grow too many. 



Plan for your most logical market outlet. 



