The sun., 1891-06-14

len truck. TO be carried on their heads over
route on which q regular trade had been built
Np. The trade was not controlled By these
urban farmera They were only feature Of
Il Long Islald and New Jersey truck farm
ets, With Ans horses and brightly painted
Waeens. were Ut Washington Fulton. and Cath
erlns markets with similar assortment Of
>fruit and vegetables to that found In the bas.
hsts op the heads OF the women. These wagon
tfaders wore At first limited to district so
small that the truck gathered one day
might DO marketed tho following morning.
The hrst growth In this district came from the
steamboat service that built up great truck.
ting business In Monmouth county. N. j.. AMI
made Keyport and Freehold lively and pros.
psroua This change was also the beginning
ofths Droosss OF lengtheninR the season that
bAs gone on steadily ever rince For the Jer-
~ Gtowers were = day or two ahead OF those
On Long Island In getting their first berries to
market while Long Island lod day or two on
green peas. The New Workers had to wait
IN those days for the season OF green
Daas and Strawberries to come to them.
They. enjoysd fresh vegetables and table
fruits only when the climate Of their
Immediate district allowed such things to
erowAAd ripan. Tho tridlnR exception fur
nishsd by the very expensive dollhouse prod
hctl vAs not enough to make any impression
On the market or influence trade at all 1t is
small wondar. for the large nne-lookine hot
b0pss strawberries OF those days were not we'll
favored enough to be worth their cost. even to
the wealthy and extravngant
Tho widening OF the field OF supply did not
atop whom Monmouth county was reached.
1sRthef competition developed 10 Delaware
and karylAnd. being restricted at first to the
melon crop. Then It became moro general.
and eastern Virginia was added 10 the field OF
oupply. great impetus was given to the
truck farming business by the Including OF the
Norfolk district 1t was 10 1887 and 1868 that
shis happened. and Northern men. whose
attention had been attracted to the
country In war times. had not little to do
with starting things up. But when the land
owners became aroused to the possibilities OF
the business they took hold Of 1t In q way that
lett no advantage In the hands OF tho most en-.
srgsttc OF the newcomers. Some Of the most
successful OF the truck farmers In that district
arc native Virglnians 1t was nearly ten years
lister when South Carolina and Georgia farm
ers woke up to the fact that theirs was good
truck farming country, and began competition
Srom Charleston and Savannah with the Nor
folk people. 1t was the old story. a widen
ing held and lenRthening season. The
more southern growers were ten days or two
weeks earlier than the VirRinians, and they
fsaped . rich reward In high prices and quick
1nArkets- Tho line Of supply was turned back
nom this point before passing further south
ward. The North Carolinians around Whining
ton found that they were only day or two
later In conditions OF climate necessary to
duplicate the successes Of the Charleston
growers. besides being little nearer the mar
kst. bo truck farming interest deyeloped
ed prospersd along the line OF the Wilmington
Anj Weldon Railroad.