The Rural Voice, 1978-08, Page 18Susan Van der Meir with a berry she's picked.
Over 4,000 quart boxes were taken off this year Mr. Innes
said, with pickers paying 40 cents a box to pick" - their •
own and pickers getting 20 cents a box to pick berries for the
store. With boxes costing roughly between four and five cents,
stores were charged 65 cents a box.
Andy Cullen of R. R. #2, Listowel and his mother Mrs. Alex
Cullen also had a strawberry patch this year of two acres.
Although they had a problem with weeds, Andy said they did
pretty well on it because there seemed to be a lot of berries.
He also added that, "We didn't do a whole lot of advertising
but we got rid of all we had."
The Cullens put out about three and a half acres this year that
will be in production again next year.
The Cullens also have a pick your own raspberry patch. The
strawberries have been in the field for three years and in
production for two. The raspberries have been in for about five
years.
The Cullens also pick some raspberries themselves and picked
a few strawberries this year. Andy said that next year they would
likely hire pickers and sell the berries in the supermarkets.
"It seems to pan out, you make some money on it," he said.
He added that the berries pay for themselves.
Much Work
He said that a lot of people don't realize how much work is
involved. planting and keeping the weeds out of the patch. The
Cullens charged 40 cents per quart box and 60 cents for picked
berries.
But berries aren't the only type of pick your own operation.
Different kinds of orchards also give consumers a chance to pick.
Ross Middleton of R. R. #2. Bayfield. has had an apple
orchard in operation for about 10 years. He has about 12 acres
with 3.000 trees. There isn't however a big demand for pick your
own apples he says and most of them are shipped out to a
wholesaler. Mr. Middleton said that bushels are sold about a Si
below the retail price when they are pick -your -own.
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