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equals in value the total value of the fruit crops above enumerated, 

 while the miscellaneous vegetables return an aggregate annual 

 value equal to that of the fruits, and yet this great industry has 

 grown up unheralded and without representation, to any great 

 extent, by our educational activities. 



The writer appreciates the fact that this cannot be other than a 

 very imperfect and inadequate attempt to cover so important and 

 so great a field. He wishes to express his appreciation of the coop- 

 eration which has been afforded by his colleagues and begs that 

 all who may recognize any of their handiwork in the following 

 pages will be willing to consider the further dissemination of 

 their ideas a public benefaction, although the author may have 

 failed to give due credit where credit belongs. It has been the 

 intent and purpose, however, to acknowledge all quotations and 

 adaptations in the preparation of these pages. It has been the aim 

 to bring together information which will be useful alike to the 

 student and to the practical grower and to present it in a system- 

 atic yet readable form. The author wishes to acknowledge helpful 

 suggestions from Dr. W. W. Tracy, Sr., Mr. W. R. Beattie, Professor 

 William Stuart, Mr. W. A. Orton, Dr. F. H. Chittenden, and others, 

 as well as extracts from their writings ; and to make acknowledg- 

 ments to the Moninger Greenhouse Construction Company for 

 figures 22 and 23 and to the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, the West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, and the 

 United States Department of Agriculture for other illustrations. 



L. C. CORBETT 



