THE FORCING OF VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS. 

 By William Turner, Oceanic, N. J. 



Delivered before the Society, February, S, 1908. 



Rapid advancements have been made in recent years in all 

 greenhouse products; not only in quantity but also in quality. 

 Particularly is this true in the subject that I am to speak on, the 

 forcing of vegetables, which while the method is not new by any 

 means it is always interesting. No doubt each and every grower 

 of greenhouse vegetables have their own way of doing certain 

 things, but we are all working for one aim, that is to produce the 

 best we can from a given space. I have had success in the forcing 

 houses and I have had failures. However, it seems much pleasanter 

 to talk of successes than reverses. Still there are times we may 

 learn a lesson from a failure; at the same time we have no desire 

 to come in contact with them. 



Whoever takes up this branch must have a love for the work and 

 should watch the developments of the different crops, knowing when 

 to feed and when not to, which I shall try to explain later. The 

 first thing to be considered along those lines — and all important — 

 is the house or houses best adapted for the work, that is for pro- 

 ducing vegetables through the winter months. Twenty or twenty- 

 five years ago the average house at our disposal was anyi\^here 

 from ten to twenty feet in width, in fact an}1;hing wider was looked 

 upon with disfavor. But experience has taught us in recent years 

 that a house an}^vhere from twenty-five to fifty feet in width is to 

 be highly recommended, according to the demands. However, 

 as a private gardener, I shall endeavor to confine my remarks to 

 private establishments in general. Therefore the house that I 

 would recommend for the private establishment would be, say 

 from twenty to twenty-eight feet in width. Good results may be 

 had whether the house runs north and south or east and west. 



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