8 The Principles of Vegetable- Gardening 



Compared with the total cultivable area, the acreage 

 of the vegetable -gardening districts is small, and it is 

 usually scattered. Even the extensive vegetable -grow- 

 ing of the South, which the northern grower often fears 

 so much, looks small when it is platted on a map. The 

 accompanying maps illustrate these statements, and 

 suggest that there is almost unlimited opportunity for 

 geographical expansion of the business. Fig. 1 shows 

 the parts of Georgia in which vegetable - gardening 

 centers have been developed. The areas of oblique line 

 shading (seen near the coast, at Augusta on the Savan- 

 nah river, and in the extreme northwestern part) rep- 

 resent the general trucking centers growing produce for 

 the northern markets. The dotted areas show the melon 

 regions. Fig. 2 shows the regions in Florida from 

 which the vegetables are shipped (in the months speci- 

 fied) to the northern markets. In Alabama, the only 

 important trucking region is tributary to Mobile, 

 although there are developing points along some of 

 the lines of railroad. 



Vegetable -gardening areas to supply the central and 

 northern markets of the Mississippi valley are indicated 

 for me as follows, by P. M. Kiely, St. Louis: "The 

 largest shipping point in the South for vegetables is 

 Crystal Springs, Miss. Solid trains daily out of there 

 are no unusual sight during the shipping season, largely 

 tomatoes, however. On the same road (I. C. R. R.), 

 and not far from there, are Terry, Gallman, Hazelhurst; 

 further down, in Louisiana, devoted mainly to straw- 

 berries, are Independence, Amite City, Hammond, Tick- 

 faw, etc. However, New Orleans in spring, and, in 



