4 BULLETIN 1005, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table l.-^Annuat shipments of truck crops, Norfolk district, Va., 1909 to 1914. 



Crop. 



Potatoes ........... barrels. 



Spinach do. . . 



Kale do. . . 



Cabbage do. . . 



Sweet potatoes do. . . 



Strawberries 60-quart crates. 



Beans baskets. 



p e- k&: 



Cucumbers {baskets: 



Radishes do. . . 



Lettuce do... 



Beets crates. 



Egg plant do. . . 



Cantaloupes {bknels. 



Tomatoes crates. 



Cauliflower baskets. 



Squash barrels. 



934,592 



559. 032 



325, 835 



382, 200 



70,463 



165,665 



301, 116 



120, 050 



1,167 



124, 501 



38,656 



107, 959 



64, 335 



12,739 



29, 418 



35, 354 



296 



26, 326 



8,106 



10, 825 



1910-11 



587,141 



598, 260 



281,308 



298, 400 



52,003 



121, 482 



240, 101 



108, 815 



7,013 



92, 853 



■11, 886 



112, 481 



57, 566 



8,878 



19, 900 



44, 284 



51 



16, 054 



12, 366 



12, 156 



1911-12 



1, 051, 651 



652, 758 



438, 239 



380, 844 



68, 145 



221, 826 



394, 384 



81,364 



8,241 



68, 947 



46, 945 



112,902 



57, 320 



7,492 



27,113 



14, 190 



17 



8,951 



5,242 



5,096 



946, 550 

 760, 619 

 437, 075 

 379,657 

 41,406 

 106,063 

 320,695 

 69, 817 

 3,124 

 111,339 

 65, 994 

 132, 577 

 57, 838 

 13, 884 

 34, 389 

 27, 113 



1,376 

 16, 953 

 14, 688 



817, 972 



890,061 



498, 483 



369,622 



47,805 



153, 118 



249, 101 



117,540 



2,093 



122, 193 



41, 109 



134, 107 



71, 260 



16,928 



16, 735 



19, 525 



1,080 



2,195 



19, 540 



8,681 



In addition to these crops there were shipped appreciable quantities of asparagus, onions, peppers, pars- 

 ley, carrots, turnips, and dandelion. Small shipments were also made of artichokes, cress, endive, okra, 

 leeks, fennel, and celery. 



PERIODS OF SHIPMENT OF TRUCK CROPS. 



The continuous production of truck crops in the Norfolk district 

 throughout the year and the realtive volume of production in the 

 different seasons are indicated by the periods of normal shipment 

 for the different important crops. 



Irish potatoes are shipped from early in June to the middle or lat- 

 ter part of July. Usually the greater volume of shipment lies be- 

 tween June 10 and June 30. 



Strawberries are shipped largely from the last of April to the 

 middle of May, with shipments continuing until the end of that 

 month. 



Cabbage is shipped from about April 1 to the 10th of June. 



Cucumbers, grown under sash, are shipped throughout the month 

 of May, while the field-grown crop is marketed chiefly during June 

 and July. 



Radishes are shipped from early April to the 1st of July. 



Lettuce is marketed during March and April, in the spring, and 

 again from the latter part of September well into December, in the 

 fall. 



Egg plant is coining to be an important summer crop, marketed 

 in the latter part of June, throughout July, and into August. 



Cantaloupes are shipped from the latter part of June until a little 

 past the middle of August. 



Beets are shipped from the 20th of Api'il until July. 



Snap beans are shipped in the spring from about June to July 20 

 and in the fall during October and the early part of November. 



Peas are marketed in the spring from the end of April to early 

 June and in the fall from about September 20 to October 25. 



