A new system of horticulture--the market-garden under glass--is thus rapidly gaining ground.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “A new system of horticulture--the market-garden under glass--is thus rapidly gaining ground.”
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Kropotkin notes the rise of market-gardening under glass as a new horticultural system gaining popularity.
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