TRUCK AND MARKET GARDEN SECTIONS 



(SEE MAP OPPOSITE.) 



Section i comprises a large part of Bergen County. The size of the 

 truck farm varies from 12 to 40 acres. The soil is a good loam. Many of 

 the growers formerly used large quantities of manure ; now they sow cover 

 crops such as vetch, rye, and the clovers, after the last cultivation, and apply 

 commercial fertilizer in the spring. The principal crops grown are sweet 

 corn and cabbage. These vegetables are marketed chiefly in Newark and 

 New York. 



Section 2 is mainly meadow land in Essex and Morris Counties. The 

 usual garden contains from 5 to 12 acres. Manure is used in great quan- 

 tities, supplemented by commercial fertilizer. Every variety of vegetable is 

 grown, and practically every gardener keeps from 1500 to 2000 sash for the 

 growing of lettuce, carrots, beets, cauliflower, parsley, spinach and celery. 

 Land values here are becoming so high that some of the market gardeners 

 are selling their land for suburban development and moving fifteen or 

 twenty miles into the country where city markets can still be easily reached 

 by means of motor trucks. In the Brookdale community much horse-radish 

 of high quality is grown. The soil in this area is a medium to heavy loam, 

 often considered too heavy for market gardening, but by the use of lime and 

 much manure it produces excellent results under skillful management. 



Jersey's lighter soils produce the second largest asparagus crop in the country. 



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