The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-06

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price for large and we'll colors berries
through the season, and seldom am
obliged to take less than cents per
QIart, and the last week of the straw
berry season. when they are scarce
he p'ice will advance again to ten or
twelve cents per quart.
I grow the most of the other small
fruits in smaller quantities, and IthInk
that next to stra wberries the black
berries have been the most protlta ole
and in larger demand; then would
come raspberries, grapes, currsnts and
goose berries. l do not grow plums
and cherries for market only a few
for family use.
Coming now to the vegetables that
ere grown in the market garden,
would say that the most eole of these
are early potatoes-the gardener eel
dom grows late potatoes for market
and onions. In any large village the
gardener is generally sure to fad mar
ket for considerable qlantitles of
these. Osher vegetables that are gen
O. ally in coed demand are green peas,
weet corn, Hubbard eQuashes, celery
and cabbages and caulrf ~ers.
Perhaps we may class celery and
caul Fl )wers among the luxurie les in the
vegetables, as every one does not buy
them. But these two vegetables have
made more money for me than any OF
the others. I have found a sutfi 'ienC
number of rich and fashions BILE peop e
that were willing to pay good prices
for Fl le celery, to make it's culture
profitable to me, and then epeCtal Cln
dltIons OF soil, moisture, and fertility
are needed to grow rketaOle C7leTy,
and as these are not found in every
garden, the supply Of good celery ie
not usually large in the villages. /
would advise the amateur TO go slow
on celery until he has learned more
about it's culture.
Another vegetable that some people
as already in5imated, are willing t.
pay a fancy prnca for, if they are fine
enough, is caunf Dwers There il 3
good profit in gro wing them If the con
ditions are right, but With the culture
Toa5 is often given them they are not a
reliable crop. There is usually good
demand for caul flowers in 5eptemt er
and October, w0en people are making
pickles, but st other times they are not
in "a good demand, unless you heve
wealthy and fashionable people amonR
your customers To get their trade
you must grow fine heads. The large
pure white cur6e, with the leaves
trimmed nicely around them, attract
the eye, and people buy them because
they "look nice" In most large Wis
lagos there are enough people Wh
want them TO make a market for a
few thousand heads.
Another vegetable that one should
plan to have good supply OF during
the pickllng time in the fall is onions
There is a time when nearly al of N
customers want onions for their
pickles. For this pur pose one should
grow a rather small onion that Will
mature early in Septe mber. The Y J.
Low GLOBE Danvers if s0wn early In the
sprIDg is as good as any for ptckles
The onions that are sold at this time
usually bring one dollar per bushel,
out later the price is 10 yer until late il
che winter, when there is email cup
oily, and they sell again for a higher
price. All through their season there
is usually some demand for onions
and they are ne OF the staples that the
gardener can depend upon as being
MAJ ketable,
have found the market for cab
bages some What uncer;aln. Some
years have been abe 10 sell them IN
the field for a good price, and in Other
= ears the price was so low that 1t did
not pay me to hire a man to ped1 e
them. We grow a small plot o: Hub
bard eq1sshes. and these pay we'll If
one can get g good crop, which ls not
always easy to d., because Of the IN
sect enemies t1at attack and destroy
the vines when they are small A.
Dar4gus is paying crop. buE 1t takae
three or four years TO get it welt esta0
lsned go that there is much prof in 1t
The other vegetables, as tomatoes, |
iurnips, beets, be ans, lettuce. radlsnes. |
carrots, Oarsnips, etc have founo
ess profit in growing, but it Is good
plan to gro~ these in smaller qIantI
lies, it one drives a market whg N, go
"a TO have a variety TO supply your
customers. My experience nae been