CHAPTER II 



CENTERS OF THE INDUSTRY AND THE 

 MARKETS 



SINCE the establishment of the flower-growing business, 

 it has centered about the more thickly populated sections. 

 As land values have increased rapidly, there has been 

 a movement on the part of some growers towards the less 

 populated areas. The amount of land required for green- 

 houses of the average size, and that necessary for the 

 general work of the range is not large, however, and the 

 perishable character of the products has resulted generally 

 in the locating of many medium sized ranges in suburban 

 sections. 



LOCALIZED CROP PRODUCTION 



In view of the fact that certain soils and climatic con- 

 ditions favor the growth of special crops, the character of 

 plants grown in certain sections has localized the produc- 

 tion of species. For example, the largest violet-producing 

 section in the United States is in Rhinebeck on the Hud- 

 son and its immediate vicinity. Carnation culture centers 

 about southern New England and Long Island, although 

 that crop is less distinctly centered than is the violet, be- 

 cause of the carnation's ability to adapt itself to a wide 

 variety of soils. The American Beauty rose requires an 

 abundance of sunshine in which to develop a luxuriant 

 foliage and brilliant coloration, therefore that crop is 



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