. Bush-fruits; a horticultural monograph of raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, currants, gooseberries, and other shrub-like fruits. Berries. 54 BUSH-FBUITS should be taken never to pick the fruit when wet, and to keep it in a cool, well ventilated place until sent to market. A home market is hj far the most desirable. For evaporating, berries may be batted off (Fig. 13; and see discussion in next chapter). USES The red raspberry is essentially a fruit to be sold on the market fresh, unless the grower chances to be ^n^). Fig. 13. Berry harvester. (See page 74.) located near a canning factor
. Bush-fruits; a horticultural monograph of raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, currants, gooseberries, and other shrub-like fruits. Berries. 54 BUSH-FBUITS should be taken never to pick the fruit when wet, and to keep it in a cool, well ventilated place until sent to market. A home market is hj far the most desirable. For evaporating, berries may be batted off (Fig. 13; and see discussion in next chapter). USES The red raspberry is essentially a fruit to be sold on the market fresh, unless the grower chances to be ^n^). Fig. 13. Berry harvester. (See page 74.) located near a canning factory. There is no difficulty whatever in evaporating it, but the shrinkage is so great that it is hard to secure a price for the dialed product which is high enough to yield a fair price per quart of fresh fruit. A heaping quart basketful of fruit will weigh about four ounces when dried, varying some- what with seasons and other conditions, so that one cannot expect over seven or eight pounds of dried. 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 Card, Fred Wallace, 1863-. New York, Macmillan; London, Macmillan
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