. Dreer's Vegetables under glass . SMALL DOORS IN NORTH SIDE OF BOSTON FORCING HOUSE. establishments at Arlington ; and the Hittinger Brothers, at Belmont, have a place that is a model in all recent green- house appliances. These people and their neighbors grow acres of lettuce, cucumbers, radishes, &c., in the winter time and exchange their products for bank accounts. The illustrations show the general plan of construction of the New England vegetable greenhouse. The beds are made upon the ground, and the soil (in most of the houses) is changed or '' shifted '' every year, wholly or in pa
. Dreer's Vegetables under glass . SMALL DOORS IN NORTH SIDE OF BOSTON FORCING HOUSE. establishments at Arlington ; and the Hittinger Brothers, at Belmont, have a place that is a model in all recent green- house appliances. These people and their neighbors grow acres of lettuce, cucumbers, radishes, &c., in the winter time and exchange their products for bank accounts. The illustrations show the general plan of construction of the New England vegetable greenhouse. The beds are made upon the ground, and the soil (in most of the houses) is changed or '' shifted '' every year, wholly or in part. The method of using the forcing house to best advantage, in point
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectvegetab, bookyear1896
