The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-08-07

Every farmer who has the time,
taste and knowledge 10 do IL should
raise u supply of small fruits equal TO
the wants OF his family, The amount
raised should not bo limited 90 what Is
required while the fruit is In season and
can be gathered as II Is wanted for the
table. but should bc large enough 10
allow much 20 be pit IN cans, The list
should include cherries, ut least one
variety Of grapes red, white and black
currants, gooseberrles and raspberrles
Unless n farmer Is so situated that he
has good facilities for sendIag fruit 10 q
city market by railroad the chances are
that hc will not find II profitable 10 at-
tempt 10 compete with regular fruit
growers, Small fruit for the city mar
ket must be packed so as 10 meet the
demands Of the trade. II must be placed
In small boxes or drawers, and these
must be put In crates. The materials
for making the boxes, drawers and
crates must be kept In readiness and u
commission merchant must be cm-
ploycd 10 make the sales Many pick.
crs are required to gather all the small
fruit on considerable plantation. IL
Is generally difficult to obtain 0ll that
are wanted at u d stance from II village.
Most of the available help on farms aro
engaged In field work during the soa.
son OF picking small fruit Most small
fruits can not be hauled long distances
over u common dirt road without bon
injured, Dust will collect on them, aud
the iar will cause them TO bo crushed
or packed close in the packages Their
appearance will be likely TO bo 50 poor
that they will command small pr 90
In the market A farm NJ n consider
able distance from railroad station ls n
poor place for raising small fruits for u
CITY market.
One farmer In nearly every school
district, however, viii find II profitable
90 raise small fruit In excess Of what ho
wants for his own use for selling 10
noighborlng farmers. Comparatively
few Western farmers can be induced 10
raise small fruits for their own tables
Still they will buy them II they can bo
obtained near where they live. Thoy
want thom for eating on Sunday " not
on other days of the week, Thoy do
not require them in quart boxes, but
will buy them In bulk, Many will con.
tract TO take q certain number Of quarts
overy week while each kind OF berry Ia
In season. Thoy viii also buy currants
and grapes by tho bushol for making
Jelly Some will buy other small fruit
by the bushol for canning. In many
cases cherries may be sold on the
trees for the same prico they would
bring II picked and taken to market
Nearly every person enjoys picking
cherries, and would take much pleas
urc In going TO noghborlng farm and
gathering them ono day Az tho tim,
they are beginning TO rlpon the prod
uco OF certain trees can be contracted
70 persons In the noighborhood
and all the trouble OF picking then
saved by tho owner OF tho orchard
Grapes may also be sold on tho vinos
and curranls and goosoborrios on Oh,
bushes. A considerable amount o
small fruits may also bo sold In smal
villages that are not on railroad line
leading from districts where fruit-rais
ing Is q leading industry. As q rule
small fruits command better price II
tho country than In large cities. Th'
raiser obtains this price, and Ia NJ n,
expense for packages, freight or com
missions Generally ho can obtail
customers for all bo can raiso. II h
has y surplus Of small fruits ho can pu
thcm up In cans and dispose Of them I
the wintor Fruit canned on tho farr
whore II Ia raised Il much better tha
that transported hundred miles IN,
then put up. II retains the 1avo
and color Il had whom first gathered =
Cascdqo Times.