Choice of a Location. 1 1 



be incidentally treated of. In so doing, I shall go 

 through the v\"hole series in alphabetical order, in order 

 that the reader may the more readily turn to the infor- 

 mation he is seeking. I propose to devote space most 

 liberally to the most important crops. A chapter on 

 Farm Implements and other supplementary matter will 

 conclude the work. 



But there are certain conditions essential to all 

 crops. Some of the most essential requirements of 

 high cultivation, and even of the most ordinan,' soil- 

 culture, are often misconceived or overlooked, to a 

 serious extent. For which reason it seems best, before 

 proceeding to particular directions for particular crops, 

 to treat, as fully as space will permit, of these general 

 and ven- essential matters. 



Location axd Soils. 



In seeking a good location for a market garden, of 

 course the first point to be taken into consideration 

 is the necessity of being near some good market. 



And, right here, we would say that the largest cities 

 do not always offer the greatest inducements to begin- 

 ners. There are hundreds of wide-awake towns all 

 over the countrv which will furnish a 2;ood, thoup^h 

 limited, market for men who are able to work up a trade. 



In these smaller towns, producers will often be 

 enabled to realize better prices than in metropolitan 

 markets, both from the fact that there is less competi- 

 tion to meet, and also because the purchasers there 

 found will be likely to look more to the quality, and 

 less to the cheapness, of -the article offered, than those 

 resorting to the city markets. 



