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and does not bruise or break off any of the foliage. The machine 

 is turned by band 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 

 arc 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. Xext to cabbage the most 

 extensively raised crops are: lettuce, beets, tomatoes, celery, 

 radishes and cauliflower. Occasionally one will find 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 OK IIOME-GEOWX PEODUCTS 



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 

 soon as the home-grown goods come on the market the shipped 



