. Biggle berry book [microform] : small fruit facts from bud to box conserved into understandable form. Fruit-culture. PEARL DOWNING COLOR PLATE Chapter XIV MARKETING Establish a reputation for honest, uniform, high-grade pro- ducts, and then live up to your ^rmev Vincent. There are various ways of sellin^r l^erries after they are grown, and the best way for one grower may not be the best way for another. (Generally speaking, it is a good idea to cater to the home market all you can, shipping the surplus, if any, to near-by towns. One can peddle, deliver to regular customers, or place
. Biggle berry book [microform] : small fruit facts from bud to box conserved into understandable form. Fruit-culture. PEARL DOWNING COLOR PLATE Chapter XIV MARKETING Establish a reputation for honest, uniform, high-grade pro- ducts, and then live up to your ^rmev Vincent. There are various ways of sellin^r l^erries after they are grown, and the best way for one grower may not be the best way for another. (Generally speaking, it is a good idea to cater to the home market all you can, shipping the surplus, if any, to near-by towns. One can peddle, deliver to regular customers, or place the berries in the local groceries on commission. If the berries are nicely arranged in clean quart boxes not putting the finest and largest ones on top and the small ones in the bottom, some grocer will be glad to get them, and his customers will wilhngly pay'' a few cents more for them than for inferior berries or those shipped from a distance. If you live within reach of a cannery, it is some- times advisable to sell your product for preserving purposes. Canneries are usually glad to make yearly contracts with reliable growers in the vicinity. Or it is possible to buy a home canning outfit and do your own preserving. ••With me advertising pays extra well m selhng ve^retables and small ; says a writer in Ameri- can Cultivator. '' 1 had a lot of large advertismg cards. 12x15 inches, made at the printing office. When my first crop is ready for sale, which is rhu-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Biggle, Jacob. Philadelphia : Wilmer Atkinson Co.
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