. The vegetable industry in New York state ... Vegetables; Gardening. 1224 The Vegetable Indctstey in New Yoek State intensive. A great deal of hand work is resorted to in cultivat- ing. Companion and succession cropping are developed to a high degree. Large areas of glass are used in the form of cold frames in order that a continuous supply and a large assortment of vege- tables can be marketed during as many months of the year as pos- sible. There are very few forcing houses in the form of green- houses, since much of the land is rented and therefore no perma- nent improvements are made. A g
. The vegetable industry in New York state ... Vegetables; Gardening. 1224 The Vegetable Indctstey in New Yoek State intensive. A great deal of hand work is resorted to in cultivat- ing. Companion and succession cropping are developed to a high degree. Large areas of glass are used in the form of cold frames in order that a continuous supply and a large assortment of vege- tables can be marketed during as many months of the year as pos- sible. There are very few forcing houses in the form of green- houses, since much of the land is rented and therefore no perma- nent improvements are made. A great proportion of the gardeners are foreigners — Poles, Italians and Germans. The marketing is usually done personally, by attending the large wholesale and re- tail markets of ISTew York City. The style of the Long Island market wagon is peculiar to this section and parts of Xew Jersey adjacent to New York, t The load of vegetables is usually sold wholesale, sometimes by the load and sometimes by the barrel, bushel or crate. [The grower likes to sell his vegetables as soon as possible and return home in order that a day's work can be done. The cold frames are used as early in the spring as weather c o n d i- tions permit. Sometimes the seed bed is pre- pared in the fall and left until January or Feb- ruary when seed can be sown. The first early cold frame crops consist mostly of salad plants, such as lettuce, endive and parsley, and such crops as radishes, early beets, carrots, etc. The crops grown in the open ground include vegetables that can be grown commercially in this latitude; the assortment is very large. Cold frames are also brought to use^ in the fall and winter by growing such vegetables as beets, parsley, carrots and parsnips in the frames during the fall, and covering them over with glass during severe weather. In this way these crops can be bunched during December and Fig. 345. Carrots Matured in Cold Frames in the Fall, to be Protected With Glass an
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