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4 INTRODUCTORY SUGGESTIONS. 
choicer and rarer the product, the greater should be the 
care in finding a market for it. Common things are not 
worth great effort in the marketing, but uncommon things 
are worth nothing less than such effort. 
A dealer in hothouse vegetables in New York writes that 
‘“most all forced vegetables bring good prices in winter, 
but they must be packed and shipped in first-class order. 
A good many people raise fine vegetables in winter, but 
they do not understand the packing, and the products are 
spoiled in shipping.’’ The average prices of forced vege- 
tables in the New York market for the winter of 1895-6 
are given me by this dealer, as follows: 
Dec. Jan. Feb. 
Metbacess 40 e aeaer s per doz. . $o 63 $0 50 $0 50 
Cucumbers (forcing 
t¥PE)s 2h Sia eew ee per doz. . I 50 2 00 2 50 
Peppers . . . percrate (1 bus.). $2 00 to 3 00 3 50 2 50 
Beans ... . per crate (1 bus.). 200 $3 00 to 5 00 4 50 
GOmAtOes i. 05.) bee per lb... 15 to 20 25 20 to 30 
Beans, in bundlesof 40 ..... Io to 20 through the winter. 
‘‘Chicory, escarole and romain salads generally bring 
good prices in winter.’’* 
SPECIFIC REMARKS. 
The category of forcing crops.—The vegetables which 
are forced to edible maturity under glass are conveniently 
distributed into two groups,—the ‘‘cool”’ plants, and the 
‘“‘warm’’ plants. 
The cool plants are such as thrive best ina night tem- 
* These three plants are not properly forced vegetables in the sense of 
being grown in glass houses, and are, therefore, not included in this book. 
They are grown in late fall, and are bleached in cellars or in frames; or, 
in the case of chicory, the roots (raised from spring-sown seeds) are dug 
in the fall and stored in a dark cellar, where the leaves soon start. The 
chicory may also be grown under benches much like asparagus, if it is kept 
dark in order to bleach it. Escarole is bleached endive. Romain salad is 
winter Cos lettuce. Sea-kale is often forced in frames after the manner of 
asparagus, and it might be managed in the forcing-house if necessary. 
