1004.1 l^.ssAY. 93 



How many, for iiislancc, \\v\v in tins audicnco can tell from 

 memory that in Jajniary, of the present year, there wovo eigh- 

 teen clear days; five, cloudy; seven, snowing; and ()n(>, raining. 

 February: clear, seventeen; cloudy, five; snowing, four; 

 raining, three. Who, then, but those who note dc^wn upon 

 their calendar the daily temperature and weather conditions 

 can possibly recall this useful and practical knowledge? 



The question may be asked: " ^^'hat does this information 

 amount to, and how applied, to assist one in market gardening 

 and farming business and taken but once a day?" Go hito 

 the average greenhouse, successfully growing either flowering 

 plants, or that demanding equal or higher scientific skill or 

 knowledge, that of growing and maturing a vegetable crop, 

 either lettuce or cucumbers, in mid-winter, and you at once 

 see the absolute necessity for this study, whether the opera- 

 tions are upon a large or medium scale. The daily temperature 

 in greenhouses, and that of out-of-doors should be recorded 

 side by side where the crop is growing, and this is the compass 

 which directs and instructs the skilful grower. 



The old time market gardener grew a variety of both fruits 

 and vegetables. His market from house to house was laborious, 

 but very pleasing, his customers always welcomed him, for 

 he dealt honestly and served them well. The open market of 

 the present day, or the commission houses, which are now selling 

 largely the products of the gardens or farms, have superseded 

 the old way, but this change also requires honest dealing 

 in the packing, in presentable form, of the products of the 

 farm. ''How have you built up such a large trade in selling 

 my celery?" said I to one of the largest dealers in the Quincy 

 market. "Because we can sell every bunch right down through 

 the box," was his reply. 



Then honest dealing, in the open market, as well as with 

 your commission house, is another of the necessities that bring 

 success. 



I am a great lover of fruit growing and try to study the 

 unfolding bud, the expanding leaf, the beautiful blossom and 

 the matured fruit. One of my resolutions is yearly to plant 



