104 MARKETS. 



form the grower what articles are in demand, 

 and by temptingly displaying at these rural 

 centres fruits and vegetables not ordinarily in 

 request, a market can be created for them. 

 Such has been my experience ; and perhaps I 

 can best suggest to the reader how to deal with 

 a local market by describing to them my own. 



My little plantation is situated on the out- 

 skirts of a village of about one thousand five 

 hundred inhabitants. It contains two markets 

 and half a dozen stores, more or less, that 

 keep among their multifarious wares what 

 some of the country-people call "garden 

 sass." Like most places near New York, 

 the supply is derived partly from the sur- 

 rounding country and partly from Washington 

 Market. When I first commenced, my contribu- 

 tions were small and precarious, but I have since 

 been able to overcrowd our limited market for 

 weeks together with certain articles. Some of 



