CHAPTER XX 

 MISCELLANEOUS VEGETABLES 



Although the entire list of vegetables may be grown 

 successfully under glass, not all of them yield satisfactory 

 profits when forced for commercial purposes. The most 

 important ones have been discussed in separate chapters. 

 This volume, however, would not fulfill its purpose if it 

 did not contain a chapter on the vegetables of minor im- 

 portance as greenhouse crops. While the 20 vegetables 

 considered in this chapter may never attain the com- 

 mercial rank of any of the crops treated on previous pages, 

 yet some of them are making gradual gains as business 

 propositions, and all receive more or less attention in the 

 greenhouses of private establishments. Of the 20 vege- 

 tables which will be discussed in this chapter, only three 

 the bean, the eggplant and the pepper can be classed 

 as warm plants, requiring comparatively high tempera- 

 tures day and night. The others may properly be called 

 cool plants because of their relatively small heat require- 

 ments. The entire list of miscellaneous vegetables will 

 be discussed in alphabetical order. 



BEAN 



The bean is well adapted to greenhouse culture, but 

 the financial returns do not seem to justify the planting 

 of large areas. Occasionally an entire house is planted 

 with this vegetable, but it does not occupy an important 

 place in the operations of greenhouse growers in any 

 part of the United States. In England, where climatic 

 conditions are radically different, the forcing of beans is 

 a profitable enterprise. It is not unusual for them to sell 

 in the London market at Christmas for 75 cents to $1 



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