SMALL FRUITS
Growing small fruits for market purposes can hardly bo followed by the bachelor, or the man without a family. It is doubtful if this industry will pay if labour has to be hired for the marketing of the crop. Under most favourable'conditions it may pay to hire labour, but generally speaking the growing of small fruits, such as strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, and currants, should bo carried on by families where the hours of labour are not counted, and whero large capital is not possessed. As strawberries and raspberries are both soft fruits and ripen'quickly, and just as soon spoil, the marketing is one of the most important factors in tho profit. This justifies it being followed by families who can, in tho ripening season, give tho necessary attention when the weather conditions demand it. Experience has E roved that labour for picking and mar-' eting is often not procurable when needed, and much loss follows.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14987, 6 June 1914, Page 3
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