. 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. 1893. A vineyard of American grapes (Nevi^ York), Picking-erates are shown in the foreground. with the introduction of the Hovey in 1836, although there were market plantations of small extent about some of the larger towns. The commercial culture of blackberries and rasp- berries, although it be- gan about the
. 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. 1893. A vineyard of American grapes (Nevi^ York), Picking-erates are shown in the foreground. with the introduction of the Hovey in 1836, although there were market plantations of small extent about some of the larger towns. The commercial culture of blackberries and rasp- berries, although it be- gan about the middle of the century, did not ac- quire distinct import- ance until after the reaction from the Civil War. The very fact that there is a horticultural industry is a most im- portant innovation in our agricultural status. 2. With the rise of commercial pomology there have developed all those questions which are related to market- ing. The new market ideals cluster about three centers: (1) The demand for special pro- ducts for special uses, (2} the growing demand for small packages, and (3) the remarkable evolution of transportation facili- ties, and of cold storage. There has arisen an increased desire for special gi*ades and for particular kinds of fruit. The fruits that were current fifty years ago may not be good enough for the markets of to-day. Com mercial pomology rests on the fact that more people are consuming fruits. Many of these people buy only in small lots for present consumption. They go to the market often. They have no facilities for storing the fruit, and they do not buy for the purpose of selling Therefore the small package has come to be increas ingly more important. Fig. 1897. Within the last twenty-five years there has been an increasing demand for a package tliat can be given away with the fruit This demand for the small and individual package may be expected to increase with all the better kinds of fruits or with those that appeal to the personal cus tom
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