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millions more in other cities and towns which look to 

 these great distributing markets for supplies, there is, 

 at seasonable seasons, little fear of gorging the markets 

 of the country if the fruit and vegetables be well chosen 

 and well packed. The reader will observe the cautious 

 use of the expression seasonable season, as, of course, no 

 Southern grower of tomatoes, cucumbers, egg plant or 

 other garden products would expect to find a market for 

 his goods in Northern cities when those markets were 

 in receipt of the same class of garden truck from terri- 

 tory adjacent, the products of which would be fresher 

 and cheaper than those from distant points. The ship- 

 per of fruits and vegetables from the South, attempting 

 to cope with the garden States of New Jersey and Dela- 

 ware, when their products are being sent to market, 

 would only have his trouble for his pay 



It will be perceived, from the reference to the great 

 distributing markets, that they must be reached by sev- 

 eral channels or lines of transportation. In the East 

 along the seaboard by steamer or coast railway lines from 

 points as far south as Key West, inland up to St. Louis, 

 Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Cincinnati, 

 Cleveland, by the various railways of the Mississippi Val- 

 ley, from gardening sections of Louisiana, Alabama, Mis- 

 sissippi, Tennessee, further west still on north and south 

 lines from Texas and Arkansas. In continuation of the 

 remarks on the limited or comprehensive systems of 

 cropping, it may be added that there are two extremes. 



First: That of too fine a concentration, the 

 reduction of the varieties to a very few, the carrying of 

 all of the eggs in one basket, a glutted market of sucli 

 fruits and vegetables, sweeping away all hopes of profit, 

 with no resources in other crops. If the cultivator is at 

 a distance, requiring over a day or two to reach the 

 larger markets, then four or five varieties which develop 

 well should be planted. The nearer the cultivator is to 



