. The Southern States. PART OF A 200 ACRE STRAWBERRY PATCH NEAR NORFOLK, VA. 246 TRUCK FARMING IN TIDEWATER VIRGINIA. carted to the shores of the creeks andcarried thence by sailboat to Norfolk,there to be shipped by slow vessels toNorthern markets. In those days itusually took one day to g^ather the truck,another day to get it to Norfolk and twodays more to reach New York. Thecountry around Norfolk is now threaded

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