'Production and marketing of fruit and vegetables, 1850-1950' in D J Oddy & D S Miller (eds), Diet and Health in Modern Britain

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Author(s) Atkins, Peter J
Publication type Chapter
Year published 1985
Pages pp102-33
Publisher Croom Helm
Place Published London

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Derived from a conference paper describing both the changing location of production and marketing systems and factors which influenced the evolution of demand for fruit and vegetables'. Its sections include: 'Horticulture around London'; 'Expansion away from London'; 'Emergence of specialist districts'; 'Marketing'; 'Wholesale distribution'; 'Commission buyers'; 'Urban wholesale markets'; 'Retail distribution'; 'Patterns of consumption'