. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. MICHIGAN MICONIA 1011 product; this applies to Grand Haven Muskegon, Tecumseh, Ypsilanti and Ionia. The lettuce industry, conducted â under glass, has reached an ex- traordinary development in the vicinity of Grand Rapids, a vari- â ety having originated there ad- mirably suited to the purpose, and at this writ
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. MICHIGAN MICONIA 1011 product; this applies to Grand Haven Muskegon, Tecumseh, Ypsilanti and Ionia. The lettuce industry, conducted â under glass, has reached an ex- traordinary development in the vicinity of Grand Rapids, a vari- â ety having originated there ad- mirably suited to the purpose, and at this writing half a million feet of glass are devoted to this crop. Recently, the plaster caves at Grand Rapids have been found to be suited to the growth of mushrooms, and this is a grow- ing horticultural industry. The glass structures devoted to let- tuce are used for the growth of cucumbers, to supplement the lettuce crop, thus rendering it possible to utilize the glass for nine or ten months in the year. Parsley has also become a re- munerative crop under glass, and the shipments to the large north- ern cities are rapidly increasing. The flower trade is coutiued al- most entirely to glass structures, and depends upon the wholesale market to take care of the output. Chicago seems to absorb every- thing of this kind in the western part of the state, while Detroit draws its supplies from the south- east portion. The carnation is the leading flower for export, and the soil of certain localities in â western Michigan seems espe- <*.ially adapted to securing per- fection in the flowers. Roses and. 1399. Michigan, showing: horticultural areas. violets in aggregate shipments follow the carnation â closely. The upper peninsula, as yet, is somewhat of an un- known quantity in horticulture, and still there are indi- cations that in some localities the hardier fruits may be grown with the greatest success; from the market point of view, the small fruits, coming into the large centers la
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