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just before the fruit
. Too much rain when
, are ripe causes
be mushy. On the
land, cool, clear,
lys such as the state
last week helps
them top quality,
are also smaller
because growers
acreage of rasp
has decreased
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(FARMERSVILLE)
To add the quick disap
pearance of this perishable
crop, the demand is high.
Eckman, who has been
growing raspberries for 17
years, says that customers
have been “driving me crazy
for raspberries” this year.
Last Monday his workers
picked 14 crates of the fruit
from his l-% acres of stalks.
Converted to quarts, that
comes to 224.
Other Lancaster County
growers confirm this fact.
Herrs Fruit Farm, Lan
caster R 2, has had their crop
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picked clean every day
“pick-your-own” has been
open to the public.
The average price at
market for the raspberries is
$1.50 per quart with slight
variations to both the higher
and lower trends. Irrigated
berries run as high as $1.55 a
quart, while others went for
20 cents less than that.
String beans also went to
market for the first time last
week. They will be in season
from now until the first frost
of the season. The first crop
of beans was reportedly of
offers complete
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“fair” quality due to dry
weather through the early
part of the growing season.
However, the rest of the crop
is expected to be of better
quality because of improved
climatic conditions.
The prices at market last
week averaged around $.50
per quart box, but were
expected to level out at a
lower mark near to last
year’s average • when the
beans come into full season.
Blueberries, another
seasonal crop, are expected
to last for five or six more
weeks.
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Geib earns
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received $lOO from A. O.
Smith Harvestore Products,
Inc., and Keystone Steel and
Wire, Division of Keystone
Consolidated, Inc. He is now
eligible for the North
Atlantic Regional com
petition in the proficiency
award program. Com
petition in the FFA
proficiency award program
follows a progression
through state, regional, and
national eliminations. At the
national level, one FFA
member is named as
national winner of the
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Earl Geib
Diversified Livestock
Production Award and
receives a plaque and a
check for $5OO.
Contributing to his success
in the diversified livestock
proficiency award program
were Geib’s agriculture and
community activities. He is
the president of the
Manheim Agriculture
Poultry Service as well as
belonging to the Red Rose
Beef and Sheep Club.
Holding down two jobs, Geib
works for both his father on
the farm and at Plain and
Fancy Egg Ranch,
Elizabethtown, on a part
time basis. He is a member
of the Chiques Church of the
Brethren.