CHAPTER XX 
MISCELLANEOUS VEGETABLES 
Although the entire list of vegetables may be grown 
successfully under glass, not all of them yield satisfactory 
- profits when forced for commercial purposes. The most 
important ones have been discussed in separate chapters. 
This volume, however, would not fulfill its purpose if it 
did not contain a chapter on the vegetables of minor im- 
portance as greenhouse crops. While the 20 vegetables 
considered in this chapter may never attain the com- 
mercial rank of any of the crops treated on previous pages, 
yet some of them are making gradual gains as business 
propositions, and all receive more or less attention in the 
greenhouses of private establishments. Of the 20 vege- 
tables which will be discussed in this chapter, only three 
—the bean, the eggplant and the pepper—can be classed 
as warm plants, requiring comparatively high tempera- 
tures day and night. The others may properly be called 
cool plants because of their relatively small heat require- 
ments. The entire list of miscellaneous vegetables will 
be discussed in alphabetical order. 
BEAN 
The bean is well adapted to greenhouse culture, but 
the financial returns do not seem to justify the planting 
of large areas. Occasionally an entire house is planted 
with this vegetable, but it does not occupy an important 
place in the operations of greenhouse growers in any 
part of the United States. In England, where climatic 
conditions are radically different, the forcing of beans is 
a profitable enterprise. It is not unusual for them to sell 
in the London market at Christmas for 75 cents to $1 
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