| Abstract: | Fresh farm products are now available nationally on urban markets of the Soviet Union only one or two months a year September-October], It in suggested that the diversity of climatic zones can be used, in combination with adequate means of transportation, to insure a virtually year-round supply of fresh fruit and vegetables in northern cities at reasonable prices. The required staggering of harvest periods in a kind of natural conveyor belt in illustrated by the cultivation of table grapes and three major vegetables tomatoes, cucumbers and cabbage]. |
