The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-29

son to season, some years there being an
over-supply and some years an under |
supply, when the acreage planted has been
about the same IN general, however, the
replies to the various questions would sum
up about as follows:
Potatoes White potatoes sell much bet
ter than the pink. Occasionally the local
supply is greater than the demand, but not
very often. Frequently they have to be
shipped into the county by the carload
Sometimes they are not graded carefully
enough and a few small ones viii hurt the
sale.
Cabbage \ medium sized hard head
sells the best. Through the summer and
fall there is plenty of this product From
March ! on to the next crop there are
usually no natives Someone needs to rig
up a cold storage to supply this demand
Onions Most Of the onion supply for
Brattleboro and part Of the supply for
| Bellows Falls is shipped in from ont of
the county. Most of these outside onions
come from Deerfed and the vicinity. The
| only criticism of Westminster onion was as
i to the maturity and the presence of large
lnecked onions in some crops. Both OF
these faults have been given much study
during the last few years, and with proper
fertilizing the number of these large
necked immature onions have been reduced
to a minimum and entirely done away
with on most fields
| Winter Squash Winter squash is ship
ped in after January. Quite a quantity of
this is used during the winter and here is
another chance for the use of cold storage.
| Asparagus Never enough to supply the
local demand. Considerable quantities
shipped in from Franklin county, Mass,
every year. The green, unblanched aspar-
agus with large stalks and put up in neat
lunches weighing a little over pound
seem to sell the best
Apples Every man interviewed criti-
cized the way in which apples are com
monly graded Faced barrels with poorer
fruit in the middle, and those packed with
Iculls and seconds in with the firsts, not
lonly hurt the reputation of the grower
bit reduce the demand and thereby cut
down the profits Of both grower and deal
: err. The public demands good fruit, grad
ed uniformly and put up in neat pack
ages, with each package containing what
the marking the package says it con-
tains There is a chance to sell more
boxed fruit than is now sold and it seems
to be the general opinion that this pack
age will grow more popular for the fancy
grades. Properly sprayed fruit is always
: preferred. Native apples of the same
lgrade and put up in the same way will sell
better than western apples. Baldwin, Me
: Tntosh, and Twenty Ounce seem to be ia
ivorite market varieties
Strawberries Early Strawberries have
to be shipped in but natives always sell
: for higher price when they come There
lis always a shortage Of late Strawberries
; because these berries viii sell as long as
they can be purchased On our hill farms
: which are late and backward in the
spring there is a good opportuR4ty to dc
l something with late Strawberries by
selecting late fields and planting late va
4 reties and keeping them mulehed late in
the spring these berries may be put on
5 the market after the regular season has
gone by and when the price is back up
: where it was early in the summer If the
5 local market could not use them all they
: could be used in cities south of here
! where the regular strawberry crop goes by
t still earlier
e Raspberries This delicate fruit is in
great demand for short time during Its
4 season. The demand has been somewhat
: greater than the supply, but at present the
/ supply seems to be ample
e Bacllberries This fruit is in less de
e mand, but good, cultivated berries usually
: sell fairly we'll and the demand could prob
: ably be worked up.
{ Lettuce Out of season considerable
quantities of this have to be shipped in
S Someone in the county might find it prof
$ liable TO supply this product.
Y Butter The general criticism of dairy
i butter is its lack of uniformity in color
: flavor, and weight Creamery butter sell