ILLUSTRATIONS xiii 



170. Type of Cart Used in Transporting Vegetables from Field to Shed 284 



171. Boston Market Gardener's Load of Vegetable Boxes 285 



172. Baskets of Melons 286 



173. Kohlrabi, as Marketed 287 



174. 175. Grades of Muskmelons 290, 291 



176. Properly Packed Tomato Flats 292 



177. Crates of Muskmelons 293 



178. View of ''Eastern Market," Detroit, Michigan 295 



179. A Day's Marketing from One Garden 296 



180. Growers Waiting Their Turns to Load Melons for Shipment 299 



181. Packing Shed for Cantaloupes at Railway Siding 300 



182. Loading Platform of Rocky Ford Cantaloupe Growers' Association. 301 



183. Outdoor Cellar for Storage of Potatoes ^ 307 



184. Storage House for Sweet Potatoes 307 



185. Arrangement of Cabbage for Winter Storage 308 



186. Outdoor Pit of Beets Opened up in March 309 



187. Celery Packed in Box for Winter Storage in Cellar 310 



188. Hotbed of Head Lettuce Approaching Maturity 313 



189. Interior View of Large Range of Lettuce Houses 314 



190. Grand Rapids Lettuce ready for Cutting 316 



191. Bench of Hothouse Tomatoes, Showing Method of Training 317 



192. Map Indicating Certain Vegetable-producing States 321 



193. Class in Vegetable Gardening, University of Illinois 325 



