Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-29
THE FARM AND HOME.
THE PICKING, PACKING. AND
SHIPPING OF FRUIT.
fruit Unit for Market--Points in Feeding
To Remove the Turnip Flavor Ia
Milk-Farm Notes and
Home Hints.
Marketing Fruit.

fruit was written for the benefit OF
anadian fruit.growers, and appeared
| IN the Farmers Advocate The
advice given is equally applicable 10
growers here and is worthy Of their
attention:
The amount OF fruit that is sent 10
market by wagon. tran or boat every
season that is unit for market 5
something enorIols. Why is / that
iar1ers, or nut growers. who APP.
pea to have enough sen in many
matte 5 VIII pers st in trying TO ell
| to ther city customer Or friends
huit that they know is not fit for sale
and pa kages that they know they
have u ked with the best berries on
top OF the basket or pus kaye and
that the bottom of aid pm kaye what
| ever kind ii nay be. basket bag
barrel. is filled with poos miserable
small and wormy tru k aud entirely
\ unfit or food! Farmers and ffu /
| growers il you have been dong this
stop at on Q. 10 those who are free
fton the vi e say don't COnmen
| you can't do il and make money
ri k and pack your fru hone tly ana
fairly If you want to sue eed in the
| end.
II you get n good customer don't
try 10 cheat him by giving him an in
ferior article for cool one. il you
do he is lost to you II you ship al
! together to commission men the
buyers know your brand or package
| in day or two and il you are caught
with false packages you will be the
one to lose for they win buy your
fruit at about half price on account 0.
the previous bad packing. Remember
that trade once dropped because OF
I bad packing and poor fruit is hard to
regain. II fever can be. II YOU have
poor fruit ship IL rs poor fruit Send
your good fruit sorted by Itself, and il
you send poor fruit. don't top out
your package with COOL fruit, YOU
will rue il if yon do. II you don't do
the packing yourself watch the man
who does He will not be likely 10
pack right II not watched and in.
structed. The idea Is Just this. II!
you ever intend 10 succeed in fruit
culture, you must strive 10 grow the
I best fruit possible and pick at the
proper time, pack and ship right
good fruit and you nec1 have no fcar
OF the consequences. The buyers are
in the market among the sellers
every day, and It only takes Il few
days to find out what kind OF trait
the grower Is sending and the buyer
is there to buy it on its merits.
Many ship in dirty baskets. pack
good grapes and culls all together
the whole badly smashed. After The
best grapes are picked and shipped
wine can be made of the balance II de.
sirable, or they can be gathered and
shipped TO market have found the
ten pound basket is large enough for
all table grapes and for choicer
varieties five and eight pound boxes.
packed in crates. bring the best
prices though in very hot weather
the crates do not afford ventilation
enough, but late in the season grapes
shipped this way very often bring
two cents per pound more than ten
pound baskets. Everybody buys and
eats grapes and they would buy
more If put up in moro tempting
packages Let all fruit be picked al
the proper time and in the best man.
neE put in the neatest packages. and
my word for IL you will have less
trouble in selling fruit at paying prices.
| forgot 10 mention that in this
section we are using only tho "a. box
gift crate for strawberries raspberries
and blackberrieS having discarded
the old box crate that was returnablc.
but which VIC rarely did get returned.
This gift crate costs only 20 cents
per crate including boxes. and IS
neat and easily handled: each having
handle. two can easily be carried.
, You will require covers
Look them up in time. and be sure
you get the right coIors. Good bright
cardinal is best for peaches pears.
and white and yellow plums and IS
nearly rs good for the dark plums
rs any. Red and white grapes also
require the cardinal. but dark grapes
must be covered with purple or plum
colored material which is MISC often
used over dark pums. Never use
green, yellow dark red or blue II
possible to avoid IL; the color often
sells the fruit in making il look good
or bad in color
For those who drive to market and
retail their own fruit this will be OF
10 interest; but there are hundreds of
people who have TO shin or prefer 10
ship. 10 those ] would say. there is
no trouble in finding good. honest
commission men in any city who will
handle your fruit to the best advant.
age and remit the proceeds. il you
will only take the trouble TO look them
up Many who are now selling their
fruit or produce 10 Others would
make more money II they shipped di.
rect themselves. II you are shipping
every day. ask the cousigncc TO wire
you the price your fruit sold for i'm.
mediately after sale; thus you know
what to do again. Many time the
writer has made from $40 TO $25
more on 70 shipment by using the wire
II little thus learning where the best