GENERAL DISCUSSION ON VEGETABLES. 



OPENED BY WAEREN W. EAWSON, ARLINGTON, MASS. 



Saturday, March 18, 1905. 



In place of the usual Saturday lecture a general discussion of 

 the subject of vegetable culture was held at Horticultural Hall 

 today. The meeting was opened by Hon. Warren W. Kawson, 

 the chairman of the Committee on Vegetables, who spoke in part 

 as follows : 



The growing of vegetables has become one of the principal 

 occupations in the vicinity of Boston and other large cities, and 

 many who make a specialty of it are doing quite a large business 

 in that direction. In many ways it is like other kinds of business ; 

 it requires large experience and capital and depends more on the 

 man than anything else. In this locality there is probably more 

 done in this line than in any other part of the country. The 

 market is educated up to a high standard and requires the best 

 quality put up in the best manner, and when this is attained good 

 prices are received. The growing in the South affects us very 

 much in regard to the prices obtained for our goods, but their 

 products are not of the best. Their are times when the market 

 is bare and a good price is obtained by those who have the goods 

 on hand. It is a serious question with the vegetable grower today 

 what to grow and when to have it in the market. It used to be 

 the case that our early vegetables in the market brought the best 

 price, but it is not so today ; it is the quantity in the market that 

 governs the price. 



The seasons and climate have changed very much the past 

 twenty-five years, and for that reason many of our most delicate 

 vegetables have to be grown under glass ; therefore, many green- 

 houses have been erected, and today, by a careful estimate, there 



