Strav^berries and Money 



No matter how much we love our work, the money we make is important in com- 

 mercial ventures. The experience of years has shown strawberries to be one of the 

 best of all money crops — not always like the $1400.00 per acre cited below, but nearly 

 always GOOD BERRIES will show a good profit. 



OVER $1,400.00 CLEAR PROFIT PER ACRE 



Here is the Field — 1.6 acres — of 

 Tennessee Beauty picked and 

 marketed by us in May and June. 

 1954. 



Per Acre Results 



12,750 quarts (531-24 qt. crates) 

 $3,726.15 



Over $1400.00 per acre clear 

 profits. Good growers sometimes 

 get a larger yield, frequently get 

 a higher average price (about 

 30(:^) but results half as good as 

 these would make Strawberries a 

 Good Money Crop. 



THE LESSON FOR ANY YEAR 



THE RECORD FOR 1954 



Wholesale Prices New York Produce Market, 

 May 6 to June 30, 1954. Berries from Louisiana. 

 North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, 

 New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, with Cali- 

 fornia berries not' included. 



Date 



Highest 



May 6 



.65 



May 10 



.60 



May 13 



.47 



May 17 



.50 



May 21 



.50 



May 23 



.60 



May 28 



.75 



June 1 



.65 



June 4 



.75 



June 7 



.75 



June 11 



.75 



June 14 



.65 



June 18 



.75 



June 24 



.75 



June 30 



.65 



Lowest 



.25 

 .20 

 .20 

 .15 

 .23 

 .20 

 .20 

 .15 

 .20 

 .25 

 .25 

 .25 

 .15 

 .25 

 .25 



Difference 



.40 

 .40 

 .27 

 .35 

 .17 

 .40 

 .55 

 .40 

 .55 

 .50 

 .50 

 .40 

 .60 

 .50 

 .40 



1 . Quality Pays. The difference in price 

 between the best and the poorest was never 

 less than 17c per quart and ranged up to 

 60c per quart more for the best fruit. 



2. The Price for Good Berries Was High — 

 enough to yield a good profit even with 

 today's high costs. 



3. The Price was Good All Year — ^^from 

 Louisiana to New York, from May through 

 June. Wherever you live good berries will 

 make you money. 



