SUCCESS IN MARKET GARDENING 



looked, to a serious extent. For which reason it 

 seems best, before proceeding to particular direc- 

 tions for particular crops, to treat, as fully as 

 space will permit, of these general and very 

 essential matters. 



LOCATION AND SOILS 



In seeking a good location for a market garden, 

 of course the first point to be taken into con- 

 sideration 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 induce- 

 ments to beginners. There are hundreds of 

 wide-awake towns all over the country which will 

 furnish a good, though 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 metropol- 

 itan markets, both from the fact that there is less 

 competition to meet, and also because the purcha- 

 sers 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. 



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