. [Fruit culture]. ster; in (b) is shown aview of the harvester covered with cloth and ready to be black raspberries are marketed in 1-quart basketspacked in a strawberry crate. Dried black raspberries aremarketed in boxes holding 50 pounds and in barrels holding125 pounds. None but packages that are put up to preventthe entrance of insects should be used for packing this fruit. 50 RASPBERRIES 17 48. Yields and Profits.—An average yield of blackraspberries is about 2,500 quarts, or 80 bushels, per acre. Ahigh yield would be 9,600 quarts, or 300 bushels, of fresh fruit. The yield of
. [Fruit culture]. ster; in (b) is shown aview of the harvester covered with cloth and ready to be black raspberries are marketed in 1-quart basketspacked in a strawberry crate. Dried black raspberries aremarketed in boxes holding 50 pounds and in barrels holding125 pounds. None but packages that are put up to preventthe entrance of insects should be used for packing this fruit. 50 RASPBERRIES 17 48. Yields and Profits.—An average yield of blackraspberries is about 2,500 quarts, or 80 bushels, per acre. Ahigh yield would be 9,600 quarts, or 300 bushels, of fresh fruit. The yield of dried fruit varies somewhat according to thetime of the season when the fruit is picked. Four quarts ofearly fruit is estimated to yield about 1 pound of dried fruit;2 quarts of later fruit is estimated to yield 1 pound of driedfruit. On an average, it is safe to estimate that 1 bushel offresh fruit will yield 10 pounds of dried fruit. Ohio is the best variety of black raspberry for drying; Greggis the next Fig. 28 The profits that may be expected from dried black rasp-berries may be estimated by taking as a basis a yield of 750pounds of dried fruit per acre and a selling price of from 15 to20 cents per pound. This will produce a gross revenue of fromabout $112 to $150, and from this must be deducted the costof harvesting and marketing, which has been estimated byCard to be about as follows: Harvesting, 2,500 quarts, | cent per quart .... $ Evaporating, 2| cents per pound Cleaning, 1 cent per pound Marketing, 1 cent per pound $ §17 RASPBERRIES 51 This will leave a gross profit of from about $65 to $104 peracre, and the net profit will be found by deducting from thisthe rent of the land, the interest on the money invested in toolsand machinery, the labor cost, etc. The net profits from fresh black raspberries sold at the aver-age price of 6 cents per quart will be about the same as thatgiven for dried black raspberries. 49. Evaporation of Blac
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