Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Report of the 21st Annual Convention, Held in Horticultural Hall, Worchester, 1915
Mr. Chairman, Members of the Massachusetts Fruit Growers' Association, Ladies and Gentlemen: I remember distinctly, a few years ago, hearing a large peach grower say at one of these meetings that the consumer paid alto gether more for his basket of peaches than they were worth, and since I am not a grower of peaches but an enjoyer of good peaches, I have been many times inclined to agree with him. Now, I am coming before you to make this statement in the small fruit field, namely, that I believe the ultimate con sumer - about whom we hear so muchfif he is able to obtain good raspberries, often pays more than they are worth. When I go to our Eastern Massachusetts markets and find raspberries which approach my ideal of a good box of ber ries, I am fully convinced of that. We often pay from twelve to sixteen cents per pint, and even more, for good berries, and I always think when we have spent a consider able time, in trying to determine what should be the stand ard package, the standard box, when I see the offerings of many of our markets, where'you have to get right over the crate in order to discover the berries, - I think there ought to be some standard quantity of fruit in this standard pack age. (laughter)
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