Show WINTER FARMS UNDER GLASS T I 1 land in the east where out of season delicacies are raised for love 1 I 1 of good living in recent years the rich ep cure with his pampered taste that I 1 no abstinence has not had to deny himself during the winter of 0 tru fru ts is and vegetables he is so fond of in sea eon son that Is in nature s season tor for mans man s ingenuity has changed the sea sons so far as the markets are con corned winter gardening in america has grown to large proportions espee ally in the neighborhood of new york where the winter demand for summer luxuries Is very heavy on long and hundreds of acres of land are now under cultivation beneath glass roofs and there are other large farms in new jersey similarly protected from the cold hothouse Hot houe fruits and vegetables mul in quality and quantity each year big shipments in protected cars are sent into the city each day in the south where the climate Is more fa to the cultivation of garden garde crops and where less artificial krotec tion Is needed large quantities of Araw berries and other fruits are aimed and shipped to cities in the north hothouse e products be ng out of sea son luxuries command high prices but the competition of many growers and the decrease in the necessary ex pense have served to lower them so as not to be prohibitive the hothouse gardener has learned to diversify his industries and also to follow the profit able practice of rotating his crops by the use of fertilizers he also is 19 able to make his gardens produce three or four crops each year ta the va riat nations ions in temperature ture being regular ed so as to give each of them the degree ree of heat and moisture they would get from the t me of planting in the spring until maturing early in the sum mer although this season may ex tend from the first of november to the end of february when his products will be rare lu luxuries uries for the table and br ng correspondingly large prices one of the most important aubil ary considerations in winter gardening la is transportation the same as in the summer bummer when protection against the withering heat is ne necessary cesary but this has been satisfactorily arranged and little difficulty is experienced in get ting the valuable vegetables and fruits from the hothouses to the markets in distant cities the increased cost of coal hothouse gardeners say has made necessary raising the prices of garden products raised this winter large quantities of fuel are used and the increased ex pense of maintaining the hothouses they say has been severely felt flor isis too who must keep up their hot houses during the winter months say that higher prices for flowers will be inevitable |