The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-13
VARIETY.
It's Been Secret Of
Success
FOR THE GARDENER
Aaron Low of bingham
Talks on Vegetables.

Aaron Low, the well-known seed man
of bingham, addressed the weekly
meeting of the Horticultural Society,
yesterday afternoon, on the subject of
Vegetables" He made clear the diff
ference between the problems faced by
the market gardener of 40 years ago
and those of today, taking up each i'm
portant vegetable separately and re-
viewing the improvements and change
of methods in its culture.
Previous to the lecture, Lieut.. Sam
uel Hathaway read a set of resolutions
on the death of Henry Harmon Cham
berlin. one of the charter members of
the organization. BY Mr.. Chamber
Inns death, Lieut. Hathaway becomes
the sole surviving charter member of
the Worcester Horticultural Society.
The resolutions are as follows:
Whereas, the Worcester horticultural
Society, having learned with unfeigned
sorrow of the departure of one of the
two remaining charter members, H. H.
Chamberlin, who did much for the adj
vaneement of the society in it's early
struggle for existence, and who mas
been its steadfast friend; therefore be
it
Resolved, that while we bow in sub
mission to the divine decree, we would
place on record our appreciation of him
as man of active, busy energy, of
lofty integrity, of a broad, cultivated
literary taste, and of a generous dis
position, who will be as much missed
in our circle as in the broader walks Of
the city life to which he has minis
tered nearly centurH of his vital en-
ergy
Resolved, that the society be instruct
ed to present a copy Of these resolu-
lions to the afflicted family.
Mr.. Low. in his lecture said in sub
| stance:
THE market gardener of today has
vastly different conditions to face than
his predecessor of the last generation
Forty years ago the gardener cultivat-
ed only very few simple varieties of
vegetables, and many vegetables that
are now on every table were unknown
Now the market gardener who wishes
to succeed has many problems to face
much opposition to overcome, and,
above all, must acquaint himself with
| the many new varieties of fruits and
vegetables yearly put on the mar
ket.
Before the war the gardener of the
north had little or no competition to
iiiCCIJ N@ANCPb VIII VI Ills OWII
climate. Today transportation is so
| improved that all kinds of garden veg
etables are raised in the south and
shipped north. The season for all kinds
of vegetables is thereby greatly length
ened. Customers get their first Vege-
tables of the year from the south, and
are already tired of them when the
home markets get to yielding. The de-
mand for our products is therefore
| n1nnh IpGG than II nfharxNica would he,
ITO offset this, the rise of the canned
goods industry has greatly helped mar
| ket gardening in certain localities.
Many gardeners sell their whole crop
| of tomatoes and corn to these factories
and make good profits.
''Rhubarb is plant almost unknown
years ago, but now extensively cult
waited. Asparagus is a vegetable for
which a far larger demand exists than
formerly. Many of us can remember
when tomatoes first came into general
use. 1 remember going in with a
neighbor and buying a dozen tomato
plants. Within three or four years af-
forwards | was buying thousands Of
the plants. No vegetable ever leaped
into popularity so swiftly, and no vege-
table has been more improved by cult
walton.
THAT grand old vegetable, the pota-
to- still holds it's own. 1t graces the ta-
bles of rich and poor alike, and is, Of
course, more cultivated than any other
vegetable. To show how many pota-
toes must be planted annually one
western seed firm has told me that 1t
sold last year $1,000 bushels for seed
purposes only.
"Squashes still continue profitable
and are best planted as a second crop
after early potatoes and cabbages.
This second crop will sometimes yield
as plentifully as If no first crop had
been before it. Onions cannot be raised
as profitably as heretofore, owing to
the competition with western FARMS"
After the lecture the members indulg
ed in general discussion of the topic.
A. A. Hixon delivered an address to
the Middlesex and Norfolk Pomona
Grange yesterday morning, at Welles-
ley, on Agricultural Education" A
number of Wellesley professors were in
the audience
Next Tuesday afternoon the So
ciety will listen to lecture on Hawaii
by John Farquhar of Boston. The lee
ture will be illustrated by stereopticon.