Hawaii's Fruits and Vegetables

HAWAII'S FRUITS AND VEGETABLES . .  . are are gathered here for display in the heart of one of the state's lush rain forests where anthurium and tree ferns abound.

Giant Artichoke

GIANT ARTICHOKE

Restaurant - Open Air Farmer's Market - Wine and Cheese Shop

Located at the intersection of Highways 1 and 156 in Castroville on Monterey Bay - This unique center offers farm fresh produce, imported cheeses, wines and gifts, plus field fresh artichokes year round.

Harvesting Lettuce

LETTUCE HARVEST NEAR MESA, ARIZONA

The lettuce crop in Arizona meets the highest standards of production. Here, lettuce is being cut, trimmed, and packed in the field. Trucks stand by to haul the lettuce to vacuum cooling plants in cartons, where it is given the proper chilling for shipment to markets throughout the nation.

 

Potato Harvest

Truckloads of Potatoes from the rich agricultural land of Minnesota and North Dakota will provide the people of America and the world for another season.

Carrot Harvesting

SALINAS, CALIFORNIA — The great 100 mile long Salinas Valley is known as "The Salad Bowl of the World." It is the carrot capital of the world, from the packing sheds and freezing plants produce is shipped all over the United states to provide the nation's tables with the best in fresh vegetables. Among the other important field crops are lettuce, sugar beets, beans, tomatoes, celery, dry onions, broccoli, artichokes and numerous other vegetables and small grains are also important crops.

"Original" Farmers Market

CHOICE PRODUCE AT THE "ORIGINAL"

FARMERS MARKET

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA

Wonderful fruit and vegetable stalls, specializing in "morning fresh" produce, artfully display the choicest grades of many of California's farm products.

Onion Harvesting

Onion harvesting time in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.

Corn Shucking

Corn Shucking time in "THE BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAIN EMPIRE OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA."

Arizona Lettuce Harvest

 

LETTUCE HARVEST IN CENTRAL ARIZONA'S

SALT RIVER VALLEY

THE LETTUCE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

The lettuce crop in Arizona meets the highest standards of production. Here, lettuce is being cut, trimmed, and packed in the field. Trucks stand by to haul the lettuce to vacuum cooling plants in cartons, where it is given the proper chilling for shipment to markets throughout the nation.

Color courtesy - Santa Fe Railway 

Corn Illinois Style

THE CORN GROWS TALL IN ILLINOIS. One fifth of all the corn grown in the United States is grown in Illinois.

Green Bean Harvest

Green Bean harvest, Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, a winter crop. Three to five crops annually are raised in this very fertile agricultural area. Cotton and Corn are summer crops. Citrus fruits are harvested from September to April.

Cold & Corny

This big handsome CROSLEY lets you store over 500 lbs. of nutritious fresh-frozen foods right in your home! Lets you shop when you want to--not when you have to! . . . And every Crosley Freezer has a temperature control for faster freezing, and signal light assuring safe temperatures.

Big Corn Country

Cabbage Harvesting

 

In this scene cabbage is being crated or packaged according to the demands of the customer at the harvesting site. It is then loaded aboard the waiting trailer, which itself  will then be placed, "piggyback" style aboard a railroad flat car and shipped to points all over North America.

Iowa Corn

BIG AND CORNY

Nebraska Gold

Greetings from Nebraska

"The Cornhusker State"

Matanuska Cabbage

This fantastic head of cabbage weighs 40 pounds about 30 days after planting. The midnight sun in Alaska provides about 64 days of nearly continuous sunshine each year.