Modern business geography

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Identifikator:: 1830562916

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-217337

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Author:: Huntington, Ellsworth http://d-nb.info/gnd/117070092; Cushing, Sumner W.

Title:: Modern business geography

Place of publication:: New York [usw.]

Publisher:: World Book Company

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: VIII, 352 S.; Ill., graph. Darst.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part one. The field of primary production

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04 Modern Business Geography the great northeastern market. Throughout the tropics sweet pota- toes and yams, their near relatives, are so easily raised that they are one of the chief food products, and are far more important than in the United States. Other vegetables. The farmers of the United States are learn- ing that the nearness to markets or conditions of soil and climate may make it advisable to specialize in particular kinds of vegeta- bles. The state of New York, for instance, leads the country in raising cabbages, onions, sweet corn, celery, and green peas, partly because it caters directly to the needs of New York and many other large cities. California and Maryland lead in tomatoes because they have climates that are almost ideal for that crop. Texas and Florida are first in the production of watermelons because of their sandy soil and mild climate. California’s lead in the cantaloupe and asparagus market seems to result from her warm climate and sunny skies. Vegetable growing outside the United States and western Europe. Outside of the highly civilized parts of the temperate zone vegetables are numerous, but are not to be compared in flavor with our own. In tropical countries, for instance, the native vegetables are tough and coarse, like the rest of the vegetation. They are like our beets and turnips when these grow too rank. The difficulty is that good native varieties have not been developed by continual selection of the best types, while the good varieties developed in cooler countries Unaeearhucelte Agricultural Collene Fre. 49. The cultivation of plants under glass represents the most intensive form of agricul- ture. It is profitable only where it supbvlies the demands of a large citv that will nav high prices far earlv veretables and cut flowers.

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