102 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



are_nearly 200 acres covered with glass in the state of Massachu- 

 setts. The product is not all sold here, but shipped to New York, 

 Philadelphia, Buffalo, and Chicago. There are times when prices 

 are very low, but most of the year they will average well. 



The vegetable grower of today would be incomplete in his 

 equipment without a number of greenhouses, that is, enough so 

 that he can run each crop at the proper temperature required. I 

 have never known a vegetable grower who built any houses that 

 did not continue to build and to wish that he had built more when 

 he commenced, and today 1 am sure that the annual sales of 

 vegetables in the Boston market amount to more than do the 

 sales of fruits, plants, and flowers combined that are raised in 

 Massachusetts. 



There is no place in this country or any other where the grow- 

 ing of vegetables has attained the perfection that it has here, and 

 where the products per acre are equal to that of the vicinity of 

 Boston. We have the best market and the best goods and obtain 

 the highest prices obtained in any market. I think the vegetable 

 grower of Massachusetts should be satisfied with his lot ; if not 

 with the profit he makes, with the quality he produces. This 

 success has been attained by careful study and application, thor- 

 ough cultivation, and good judgment. 



I will not speak of any special kind of vegetable grown, but 

 will leave the subject open for discussion. We have found that 

 better crops can be grown inside than out, because inside the 

 crop is entirel}^ under your control, while outside it is not and 

 sometimes entirely out of your control, on account of the great 

 changes in temperature and climate. Under glass you can sow, 

 plant, cultivate the soil, transplant and gather the crop at any 

 time and, by him who understands the business, better crops can 

 be grown in shorter time and often at less expense under glass 

 than in the field. 



The vegetables shown at our exhibitions are of the finest 

 quality and speak for themselves of the care and cultivation 

 necessary to produce them, and we hope in the near future to 

 double our exhibitions in size and improve in quaUty. It is by 

 comparison we learn who has the best product, and by compari- 

 son we learn many things and get new ideas and new inspiration 



