Show fresh rag for Rort corthern Kor thern gern markets Mar kete fr fresh s figs are not known or appreciated in northern markets and consequently the demand is too limited to encourage shipments it seems doubtful if the distant shipment of fresh figs will ever become a profitable busi business nem the fruit is more perishable than any other that is generally marketed it can be handled only by the most careful and experienced persons and even then it is not in a condition to show its best quality ripening Ei pening in midsummer when the northern markets are crowded with many well known fruits and not being especially attractive to the eye fresh 1 figs would at best gain favor slowly tho the fact that many people do not care for them at the first would be another obstacle in the way of their popularity moreover the fig is a tedious crop to handle when in proper condition for the market it is necessary to pick the trees over carefully every day during the season seabon or much fruit will bs be overripe ove nipa with large trees this involves ranch much labor the acrid juice of the immature fig eats into the fingers of the pickers and packers backers while rainy weather occasions heavy loss by the cracking of the fruit which renders it unfit for market southern states |