The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-16
Love ISLAND srxnxEr oAnDrsivo.
what mi nj. lBro.sht rt T-o-sousheru
Gnrdeninr In Competition.

Not only does New York Tux all climest TO feed
her population. but she even defes the change
OF seasons and revels in fresh vegetables
| when they are to be had scarce anywhere elsa
in the United States. Long Island is now m
epitome of all climes save the arctic. and
within twenty-five miles OF New York one may
see green vegetable gardens In midwintcr.
and many roots and herbs growing ont OF sea-
son. dollhouse gardening is n constantly grow
Ine industry on Long Island. and tho number
OF vegetables to which It lie applied
tends to Increase year by year. One
gardener reports $4,000 cleared upon
dollhouse vegetables In n single winter. and
there nro market gardens on Long
Island with acres under glass in hothouses.
besides u large acreage OF tho familiar cold
frames. By this device tho Long 1slan MI gar
denor Is ablo ut certain seasons TO beat tho
far Southern climate and to compete with dis
tnnt rivals who depend exclusively upon M
turc for lifc-EivinG warmth. Thersi is considcrn-
bic economy. indeed. to n large market gar
dener In dollhouse gardening. for IL enables him
TO ON ploy his laborers the year round. and
thus to get and to keen tho best workmcn.
The Long Island gardener. in his com petition
with the Sourtbern truck farmer. has against
him nature and cheap labor. while he has on
machinery. and the advantage nt helng nolo
to . m. .asS,,r. bis . EEs T6sr on lnS day th"y
or nom. ut all anil arc often sunk
They nro heated Us the sun through glass ami
10y steam hires. ~ l. = siinrl, md. it has
nroNed, q not mnnrnntM'.e mnl.r,,sing to
shall bring almost any vegetable you may
nnmc I" perfection IN tho coolest winter
tables Of Kinds that us-,i TO make their first
appearance ION tho south IN tho carly spring.
Lotlouses Ly Christmas. he ordinary roots
that keep through the winter are not thus cul-
t,vated. nut rndishes. many salad herbs. rhr-
barn. and half n ,iL2"n table ,eli"aci.s arc
growing in the lighthouses, ali winter ,nni arc
marketed In january. Foirnnry. and March.
As New York attracts to herself tho best
mechanics. and generally the clrrcr"st crafts
purely n,Hn II ini"e.i tel tia"fs; SO " shs cn,is Ms' IN i'Sn ser TE
Vice tho most skilful markrd gardeners. The
science Of gardening has been refined and re,
accomplish miraculous things with u Little
patch Of earth and abundant manure. The
OF their glazed gardens. how best to rcono-
best thing t. plant that tho faded p"lates OF
Some Of the most scientific gardeners come
from abroad; ThSTS are many seo!sh sar.
neners, some Dutclimen. and n great many
Germans: GARDENING has long been an
t s,' tho for G wP' %or }d.' i E"r " r i"qEea sa in mar.
who died n few years ngo in northern Della
ware. WAS a grizzled OLD Scntchman named
Mackey. When the patience. skill. and economy
bred Ivy generations OF Labor upon the soil OF
an old and den-ely populated country are sup
plemented by Yankee ingenuity and energy.
the result In gardening nr in anything else IA
likely to bs astonishing. and such are the
wonders wrought by the dollhouse gardeners
OF Long Island.
southern competition with the Long Island
gardens. however. IL likely t. be sharper rath-
or than duller. Florida sends fresh vegetables
to this market almost tho Year round. and
South Carolina farmers are now sending IN
asparagus that sometimes weighs at the rate
o. only seven stalkst ia. the pound. The early
spring OF the region below tho northern line OF
Virginia makes hot house competition at the
North n vain endeavor. and tho Southern mar
ket gardener Is as yet only Just beginning to
practise his profession as u flnO art. He Is
going TO increase tho variety OF his products
and to apply capital. machinery, and scientific
knowledge. to. his business. Tho old land:
thought all but tho great stnple crops bon enth
the dignity OF u planter. is Civ ng. way before
tho profits OF market. gardening and the
ruthless competition NJ Western grain fields.
Lnndholders on the Delaware peninsula. md
on the small peDinsElns between the eastward
flowing rivers of Virginia. have come to see
that sooner or later their region must be o
great market garden for the Northern cities.
Tho distance in time between tho southern
Atlantic scaboRrd aud New York Is lessened
year BY year. ard early vegetables that were
necessity OF all but the very poor. Straw
berries are hawked in. the tenement house
region weeks hefore the berries have ripened
in the open air hereabouts,