. Dreer's vegetables under glass : a little handbook telling how to till the soil during twelve months of the year. Vegetables; Cold-frames. dreer's vegetables under glass. 33 A Pennsylvania or New Jersey trucker, visiting New England, is surprised at the number and size of the vegeta- ble forcing houses to be seen at Arlington, Belmont and other suburbs of Boston, near Providence, Rhode Island, and elsewhere. The largest of the Rawson greenhouses, at Ar- lington, attains to the great size of 50 by 400 feet, with panes of glass 20 by 30 inches in dimensions. Many establishments in the same nei
. Dreer's vegetables under glass : a little handbook telling how to till the soil during twelve months of the year. Vegetables; Cold-frames. dreer's vegetables under glass. 33 A Pennsylvania or New Jersey trucker, visiting New England, is surprised at the number and size of the vegeta- ble forcing houses to be seen at Arlington, Belmont and other suburbs of Boston, near Providence, Rhode Island, and elsewhere. The largest of the Rawson greenhouses, at Ar- lington, attains to the great size of 50 by 400 feet, with panes of glass 20 by 30 inches in dimensions. Many establishments in the same neighborhood have houses almost as extensive. John S. Crosby, William H. Allen, D. L,. Tappan and others have very large under-glass. SMALL DOORS IN NOETH SIDE OF BOSTON FOECING HOUSE. establishments at Arlington ; and the Hittinger Brothers, at Belmont, have a place that is a model in all recent green- house appliances. These people and their neighbors grow acres of lettuce, cucumbers, radishes, &c., in the winter time and exchange their products for bank accounts. The illustrations show the general plan of construction of the New England vegetable greenhouse. The beds are made upon the ground, and the soil (in most of the houses) is changed or "shifted" every year, wholly or in part. The method of using the forcing house to best advantage, in point. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dreer, Henry A. Philadelphia : Henry A. Dreer, Incorporated
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