VEGETABLE GROWING 



IN THE 



SOTJTIE3: 



FOR 



NORTHERN MARKETS. 



BEING CONCISE DIRECTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF 



THE SOIL, USE AND AMOUNTS OF FERTILIZERS, AND 



THE PLANTING OF VEGETABLE CROPS TO OBTAIN 



THE EARLIEST VEGETABLES; 



ALSO THE 



BEST METHODS OF PACKING FOR SHIPPING, THE RAISING 



OF SEED FOR MARKET, AND PRESERVING IT 



FOR HOME USE. 



BY F 5 . H. ROLKS, M. SC., 



n 



Professor of Horticulture in the Florida State Agricultural College, 



Horticulturist to the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station; 



Chairman of the Standing Committee on Insects, Florida 



State Horticultural Society ; Member of American 



Pomological Society, etc. 



RICHMOND : 

 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER PUBLISHING COMPANY. 





