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of Victorias attract the eye in the outdoor 

 daily market, held in the middle of the old 

 town with its gabled houses and its ancient 

 abbey tower. Then, when you see the greens 

 and yellows of apples and melons, the reds 

 and purples of grapes and plums and tomatoes 

 exposed for sale in the wicker " pots " with 

 packing paper, blue and white, fluttering in 

 the wind, the feeling is borne in upon you 

 that you are no longer in England but in 

 some provincial town of southern France. 



Market gardening on your own, though, 

 develops in time a species of business aptitude 

 which may be useful in the individual struggle 

 for existence, but it is a trait that certainly 

 does not make for charm in human fellowship. 

 The Aberdonian Scot would be hard pressed to 

 get a living here. The desire to get the better 

 of one's neighbour in a deal is unfortunatelv 

 rife amongst the market gardeners of Evesham, 

 and from it evolves the type of large market 

 gardener who in time leaves off producing, as 

 he finds it more profitable to buy and sell. 



Some growers never attempt to sell their 

 produce at the town market, but send it all 

 away to Birmingham, Bristol, or Cardiff, direct 

 to the greengrocers of those to^vns. 1 heard 



