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VEGETABLE GARDENING 
3. Trucking or farm gardening. — There is no sharp 
line of demarcation between market gardening and truck- 
ing or farm gardening. According to common usage 
trucking means the growing of vegetables on an exten- 
sive field scale. The operations may be near enough to 
market to transport the products by wagon, or removed 
hundreds of miles, in which case trains or boats are used 
in transportation. The land is seldom worth more than 
$300 an acre and usually much less. Such crops as cab- 
bage, tomato, celery, sweet potato, sweet corn and othef 
vegetables are grown and cultivated with horse imple- 
ments. In some important trucking regions, as at Nor- 
folk, Va., wheel hoe crops, including spinach and kale, 
are largely grown and shipped to market. Both market 
gardening and truck farming are often seen on the same 
farm. In some regions the farm gardening or trucking 
operations are restricted mainly to one or two crops; for 
example, the growing of late cabbage in western New 
York; tomatoes in Caroline county, Aid. ; celery and let- 
tuce in Tioga county. Pa.; muskmelons at Rockyford, 
Col.; and sweet potatoes in certain sections of New Jersey. 
4. Vegetable forcing, a very important branch of vege- 
table gardening, is the growing of vegetables out of 
season in greenhouses, hotbeds, and cold frames, and, in 
the case of a few crops, in cellars, caves, or heated build- 
ings. Forcing is the most intensive type of vegetable 
growing, and is often combined with market garden- 
ing, the glass being of great advantage in starting many 
early crops, and in providing work during the winter 
months. 
5. Home vegetable gardening. — The production of 
vegetables in the home garden for the home table is often 
called kitchen gardening. On most farms the area de- 
voted to this purpose is known as “the garden.” Other 
parts of the premises may be manured sparingly or not 
at all, while this small area receives heavy annual appli- 
