The land of sunshine, a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 63 Vegetables. New Mexico produces vegetables as. well as the staplecrops, and wherever water for irrigation can be had, mostvegetables do well. While truck gardening is not carried onvery extensively, it is nevertheless increasing every year. Celery can be grown to perfection in those parts of the Ter-ritory where the soil and climatic conditions are favorable andwhere some care in growing it is exercised. Among the bestknown celery growing sections are Santa Fe, the Rio G
The land of sunshine, a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 63 Vegetables. New Mexico produces vegetables as. well as the staplecrops, and wherever water for irrigation can be had, mostvegetables do well. While truck gardening is not carried onvery extensively, it is nevertheless increasing every year. Celery can be grown to perfection in those parts of the Ter-ritory where the soil and climatic conditions are favorable andwhere some care in growing it is exercised. Among the bestknown celery growing sections are Santa Fe, the Rio GrandeValley and Roswell. The latter place is probably the mostnoted for its celery. It produces a large quantity, but notenough to supply the demand. It is claimed that the Roswellcelery is superior to the product from California and Louis-iana, and will sell equally as well in the markets outside of theTerritory. Fine Rocky Ford cantaloupes are raised here. Cantaloupegrowing is getting to be quite a business in the southern por-tion of the Territory. Some are grown at Las Cruces for theearly m
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