Excerpt from Garden Farming
From the earliest time the quick-growing garden crops have attracted much attention. At first, cultivation of these plants was confined to a restricted area near the habitation because it was convenient to have a fresh supply of appetizing plants and because a large return could be had from a small area. So long as the industries of the people allowed them to occupy the land, and the population was rural rather than urban, the garden formed the great source of the supply of vegetables; but as economic conditions changed and the population of the country became centered in great cities, the garden expanded into an intensive enterprise known as the market garden. But soon the supply of these gardens became inadequate, and through improved transportation facilities the products of distant fields became available; as a result an extensive rather than intensive method of gardening was developed, to which the name "truck farming" has been given.
Prior to the development of the truck farm there grew up, as a supplement to market gardening, a very important branch of gardening under glass, known technically as the forcing industry. The large investment, the great number of people occupied in this industry, and the great aggregate return from it have created a demand for definite information concerning the cultivation, transportation, and marketing of these crops, and the control of insect enemies and diseases. It is the purpose of this volume to present in considerable detail the results of observations and investigations which it has been the privilege of the author to make concerning this great industry, which in money value represents double the income of that derived from the fruit interests of the United States, including the pomaceous fruits, the stone fruits, the small fruits, and the subtropical fruits.
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