12 
VEGETABLE GARDENING 
Summer resort regions require large quantities of fresh 
vegetables and the prices in such sections are nearly al- 
ways satisfactory. 
12. Soil is second in importance to market. A gardene - 
is more likely to succeed with a poor soil and a good 
market than with a good soil and poor market. Favor- 
able soil conditions, though, are exceedingly importan : 
and should be carefully considered in selecting a loca- 
tion. The sandy loams, with porous subsoils insuring 
thorough drainage, are undoubtedly the most val- 
uable for a general line of cropping. Proper physical 
composition is of greater importance than the chemical 
character, for it is a simple matter to apply the required 
amounts of plant food, while it is expensive, if not im- 
practicable, to make radical changes in the physical prop- 
erties. Practically all good agricultural soils will, with 
proper treatment, produce fair crops of most classes of 
vegetables. 
13. Climate. — Immense areas are planted in truck crops 
in various parts of the South because of favorable cli- 
matic conditions. The earlier season makes it possible 
to produce vegetables and place them on northern mar- 
kets before local supplies arrive in large quantities. 
Yields southward are not usually larger, although it may 
be possible to remove more crops from the same area in 
a season. Long and warm seasons are also favorable to 
soil improvement. In many parts of the South it is 
easily possible to harvest two or even three cash crops in 
ample time to start a soil improvement crop. Cowpeas 
can often be worked into the rotation at midsummer, 
whilj such a course would be impossible in northern sec- 
tions. These climatic advantages have made the South 
famous for its extensive trucking enterprises. 
The cooler sections of the North also have their ad- 
vantages. Insect and fungous pests are less troublesome 
than in the South. There is not so much leaching of sol- 
