FRUIT GROWING 63 



Market gardening will often include a Market 



gardening 



flower trade, especially flowers grown under 

 glass, in order to put them on the market 

 early ; for example, narcissi, daffodils, lilies 

 of the valley, roman hyacinths, ordinary 

 hyacinths, tulips, fresias and lilies of all 

 kinds, notably arums ; spirea, and the great 

 winter crop of chrysanthemums. 



The culture of peaches and nectarines and 

 forced strawberries in pots can be carried on 

 very successfully, and they can follow on in 

 a market grower's house when the chrysanthe- 

 mums are over ; and these in their turn can 

 be followed by tomatoes, so that a well 

 managed house can be made to produce three 

 distinct crops of marketable produce in the 

 year. 



To return to my previous remark, a general 

 knowledge of gardening is invaluable to the 

 successful market gardener or fruit grower ; 

 therefore it seems well to obtain an all-round 

 training at first, and afterwards to specialise 

 in the particular branch it is desired to take 



