Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-04-29

10 soptb may be seen III New York,
They ccme here To make arrangements
t,r their next crop. Some OF them
aval themselves of the dull season, be-
+rseu the selling of this years crop
and the planting of the crop for next
-osr 70 arrange with commission
merchants here for the handling OF
choir truck" next spring and summer,
Others. who plant more land than their
~, limited means would justify, come
IN New York to get advances on their
crops. 50 that they may be in readiness
for the preparation necessary in the
fall
reporter saw several OF these
atraeB, growers a few days ago. They
we've from parts of the southern coast
from The gulf and Atlantic seaboards
-sr8 were discussing their profits and
losses On this years crops and the
prospect for next season. oae had
.,ma to make arrangements for plant
.rg fu acres ia asparagus; another
r.5gra Both wanted aR advance of
I'd 9u ou0 4 Mississippi plantation OF
rga.a and neither secured it. The
rrrs last seasou h5i not turned out
AIS wen lis expected and some money
had been lost or Tied up in southern
lands. and the financial scare had made
investors wayy about putting any more
MONEY in southern enterprises.
The southern coast, from the Chesa-
Daaks 10 the mouth Of the Rio Grande,
has become within the last few years
one vast truck garden. The old cotton
and nee plantations Of South Caro-
lima. Georgia, Florida and The gulf
states have been cut up into vegetable
gardens. In North Carolina and Vir-
ginia vegetables have in many places
taken the place of tobacco as farm
product Even in the interior, wherever
shipping facilities are reliable and
cheap. tine vegetable farm is seen sup
planting corn and cotton fields,
Along the coast there are great CEN
+ers OF the truck business. On the
gulf coast there are New Orleans, CAL
weston Mobile. Pensacola and Tampa,
ana on the Atlantic there are Sanford,
Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston,
Wilmington and Norfolk. From these
different centers some kind Of yegeta-
Dies are shipped to the north, east and
west every day in the year. few
years ago the vegetable season vas
we'll defined. The New Yorker could
tell just when tomatoes or cucumbers
or asparagus would be available for
his home table Now these vegetables
are shipped from Florida in the dead OF
winter AS spring advances up the
coast. while yet the northern and east
ern states are wrapped in ice and snow,
these vegetables dainties are poured in
the great cities OF the north from jack
sOnville, then from Savannah. then
from Norfolk. By this time the gar
dens Of Delaware and New Jersey are
beginning their early spring ship
ments. so that a New Yorker may com
mence eating asparagus, say in ,hnu-
airy. and continue until July, by which
time his palate Graves other delicacies.
Owing to the profits made by such Of
the earlier truck growers as Major
Ryals and Mr. Schley at Savannah, Ga,
and the French gardeners around
Charleston, S. c.. there was very
rapid development of truck gardening,
AS is usual in such cases, the business
was soon crowded. Vegetables became
tor cheap for large profit. Intensified
gardening was resorted to for the pur-
pose Of lowering the costs OF production
and to raise the standard Of the pro-
duct Under the present system the
gardens around Savannah, Charleston
snd Norfolk are in almost as bigh a
state of fertility and productiyeness as
Che famous gardens OF Paris and the
Isle oi Guernsey.
Many kinds OF vegetables have also
been abandoned by the most sue
<stul gardeners, who have reduced
enc HIST Of their products down to such
vegetables as find ready and profitable
4a.a The southern gardeners who
were recently seen in this city stated
raat THE only vegetable upon which
ev made a proftl last season was az
aarssgs Even the cabbage failed.
Eals has nearly always proved pay
re- crop There WAS no money made on
aramhers and tomatoes. rs they were
= plentiful and cheap for profitable
sHa
gl. one who has not visited The
u-hern coast the great variety crops
hardly be appreciated. Take a
* be coast. for example between
savannah ana Charleston and ii Will
aund thar almost every vegetable
sl0wn t0 man Is produced and shipped