March 1895.] 



MARKET-GARDENING. 



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cultivation of this vegetable is simple and profitable, and in 

 view of the increasing demand, it may be worthy of the attention 

 of British farmers. 



Market -gardeners have done best w^ho grow fruit and 

 vegetables together, in localities distant from London, and near 

 railways communicating readily with Manchester, and Birming- 

 ham, as well as the Metropolis. Flowers and tomatoes are also 

 grown occasionally, as well as herbs and salads, so t!iat there is 

 almost always something to send to market. In some of these 

 favoured districts, as Pershore and Evesham, for example, there 

 has been a large increase in the acreage of market-garden land, 

 and the demand for, and the price of, suitable land have in- 

 creased. But even here, there has been a marked falling-off in 

 profits in the past two years, and the cultivators are somewhat 

 discouraged, and are re-arranging their rotations to suit altered 

 conditions. 



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