Vegetahles. "ho = 487 
Cabbages form a great source of profit, from 60Z. to 101. being Cabbages and 
•quently made per acre. They are planted out 15 inches 
■art each way, after potatoes or onions ; or later, after celery and 
ench beans. The smallest plants are thinned out and sent 
market early in March, being called " collards," or coleworts. 
ibbages thrive remarkably well upon sewage farms. 
Onions are extensively grown near London and in Bedford- Onions a jno- 
: ire, and do well upon friable sandy loams. An average crop ^^^^^^ "^"^"P- 
about 14 tons per acre. As much as 180Z. per acre has been 
ule for onions, but 35Z. is an average return. Cucumbers are 
)duced in enormous quantities under glass, and in the open 
; . Many individual growers cut as many as 200 dozens 
iweek. They are much grown in Huntingdonshire, at St. 
'. 'Ot's, and at Sandy in Bedfordshire, and are sent to market in 
{ t baskets containing two bushels. 45/. represents an average 
1 urn per acre. 
Lettuces, radishes, mustard, and cress * also pay remarkably ^-^^ge demand 
A 11, as do tomatoes, whose cultivation is increasing at a rapid ve^etaWes for 
1 e, as this vegetable within the last five or six years has been pickle manu- 
iich appreciated by the English people. Very large quantities '•''cturers. 
f vegetables are used in the manufacture of pickles and sauces ; 
a 1 the demand for suitable onions, French beans, cauliflowers, 
al gherkins — young cucumbers — for these purposes occasion- 
al far exceeds the supply. The best firms of pickle and 
sice manufacturers, some of whom employ 300 or 400 hands 
i the busy season, take onlv first-class vegetables for pick- 
1 g ; but the smaller firms do not object to buy those of in- 
f tor quality, which they convert literally into " mixed " 
f kles, and impart to them a brilliant green colour with sul- 
f ite of copper. One large firm in London takes from 12,000 
1 14,000 bushels of onions in one season, and other vegetables 
i proportion. 
"lents of market-garden land, and of market-farms, within 20 ^nd 
n es of London, range from 4Z. to 9Z. per acre. Labour expenses ^gg^g^ with 
c ae to from 6/. to 9Z. per acre, and the whole annual average vegetable 
e lenses per acre are at least 22/. In spite of this large outlay, culture, 
fj • profits are usually realised, and occasionally, in favourable 
Si sons, or by lucky hits, they are very handsome. 
The profits of market-gardening and of vegetable cultivation Profits affected 
gierally have been much interfered with lately, by the impor- l^^p^ortati^n. 
tJon of foreign vegetable produce, which has steadily increased 
d ing the last few years, and the more so as many of the 
V etables, especially asparagus, peas, and cauliflowers arrive in 
Some individual growers use as much as 600 bushels of mustard-aeed per 
a xsa. 
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