578 Agricultural Manual 



obliged to move further out, leaving behind them their rich garden 

 soils, which with their system of fertilizing had been built up 

 sometimes as much as two feet above the original level. At the 

 present time in the vicinity of Jamaica there are gardens making a 

 specialty of forcing the production of vegetables out of their usual 

 aon. Experiments which led to this business were begun about 

 sixty years ago with the production of rhubarb. Cauliflower came 

 next, and now it is possible to secure many other vegetables fresh 

 throughout the entire year. 



