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and does not bruise or break off any of the foliage. The machine 
is turned by hand and as fast as two can feed it two empty the 
other end and pack the goods in orange crates. 
In order to provide work for their help during the winter 
months, farmers often build greenhouses. With but one exception, 
however, these are used for flowers instead of vegetables. In this 
one case the man raises cucumbers. Among the flowers raised 
are carnations, roses, chrysanthemums, geraniums, asters and 
ferns. 
This system keeps one team on the road all the time hauling 
manure, coal or produce. 
CROPS GROWN 
The first crop sown and harvested is the Scarlet Globe radish. 
Early in the season the Buffalo market demands large green tops 
but later in the season smaller tops are preferred. Lettuce is 
sown about the same time but matures a little later. The 
radishes are tied into bunches and sold by the dozen bunches. 
Lettuce is packed in orange crates, usually two dozen to a crate, 
and is sold by the crate. 
Although Western New York is famous for the growing of 
late cabbage, nevertheless this section in order to feed Buffalo 
must raise a little of everything. Next to cabbage the most 
extensively raised crops are: lettuce, beets, tomatoes, celery, 
radishes and cauliflower. Occasionally one will tind a farmer 
who makes a practice of supplying a certain kind of crop to a 
particular firm. One farmer makes a specialty of parsley for 
hotels and dining cars, another has an extensive trade in oyster 
plants, while another has made a specialty of small white onions 
for pickling. , 
ADVANTAGES OF HOME-GROWN PRODUCTS 
The products of this vicinity do not compete in the Buffalo 
market with greenhouse or southern-grown vegetables. The peo- 
ple of Buffalo have been educated to demand home-grown goods. ’ 
This demand has been created by producing a quality of goods 
which are better flavored than shipped goods. Even muck raised 
vegetables stand little show beside these upland vegetables. As 
scon as the home-grown goods come on the market the shipped 
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