722 = 456 
Contents. 
^CHAPTER III.— Vegetables. 
First Introduction of Market-gardening into England in the 17tli Century — 
Extent of Acreage, of Land devoted to the Growth of Vegetables in 1877 — 
Area round Metropolis, or Inner Circle — Area beyond Metropolis, or Outer 
Circle — Vegetables Cultivated in Special Districts — Essex Area — Middlesex 
Area — Kent Area — Acreages of chief Counties producing Vegetables — No 
regular Eolation of Crops — Typical Kotation of Crops — Farm-yard Manure 
the Mainstay of Market-gardens — Salad and Sweet Herbs specially grown at 
Mitcham — Asparagus Culture — Sea-kale — Cabbages and Coleworts — Onions 
a profitable Crop — Large Demand for certain Vegetables for Pickle ilanu- 
factilrers — Rent and Expenses connected with Vegetable Culture — Profits 
afiected by Foreign Importation — Cornwall — Its mild Climate — Brocoli the 
chief Vegetables produced in Cornwall — Potato-sprouting process — Two 
crops of Potatoes taken in a Year — Potatoes grown in large Quantities upon 
Farms — Average — Decrease in Acreage planted with Potatoes on account 
of Potato Disease and large Importations — Acreage of chief Potato-growing 
Counties in England in 1877 — Acreage in Wales — Acreage ^n Scotland — 
Importation of French Potatoes large — Potation of Farm Crops where 
Potatoes are grown, and Systems of Cultivation — Sorts usually planted — 
Cost of Cultivation — Average Price of Potatoes for last ten Tears — Potato 
Disease — Its life-history only recently traced by De Bary and Worthington 
Smith — Supposed Blight-proof Potatoes — Town-sewage as applied to Vege- 
table Cultivation — Wales and Scotland — Conclusion — General resume. 
Pages 483-494 
