TRUCK FARMING. 



611 



The following is an estimate of the value of the fruit and vegetable 

 crops of Charleston during the past year: 



Track. 



Amount. 



Strawberries, early crop , 



Potatoea _...^... 



Melons , 



Miscellaneous fruits and Tegetables . 



$200, 000 



350, 000 



75, 000 



350, 000 



Total. 



975, 000 



The strawberry crop came so late into market in consequence of the 

 frequent severe spring frosts, that Charleston berries were crowded out 

 by arrivals from Norfolk, leaving thousands of quarts to rot unpicked 

 in the fields, otherwise it was estimated the shipments would have 

 reached 1,200,000 quarts. 



Savannah by steamships. 



MOBILE. 



Truck. 



1884. 



Shipments. 



Value. 



1885. 



Shipments. 



Value. 



C.ibbages crates.. 



i'otatoes barrels.. 



}!eans crates.. 



Peas do 



Turnips do 



Cucumbers barrels.. 



Tomatoes crates.. 



Watermelons 



Various packages 



Total packages 



10, 212 

 34, 704 

 35, 534 

 13, 0«2 

 1,178 



928 

 40, 052 

 20, Col 



978 



$43,401 00 



fiO, 048 00 



26, 6u0 50 



13, 0G2 CO 



1, 767 00 



2. 552 00 

 16, 020 80 



3, 007 05 

 2, 034 00 



18,210 

 38, 8G3 

 18,800 

 11,071 

 155 

 1C8 

 (i, 833 

 70 

 285 



6, 



157, 299 



178, 532 95 



100, 655 



$40, 952 



57, 544 



11,280 



8,303 



194 



3c;6 



4, 099 



1,015 



612 



124,337 00 



ASPAEAaUS. 



The supply of this early and delicate vegetable has never been siilli- 

 ;icut to reduce the market value below a good paying price, and were it 



