The nurseries were on the land where some of the houses on Chapel Street and the Cherwells have been built. The following article was published in The Yorkshire Post on Friday January 27th, 1933. A piece of enterprise now entered upon at Hambleton, near Selby, in the erection of a massive greenhouse covering a quarter of an acre – said to be the first of its kind in Yorkshire – typifies the stimulus which the cultivation of fruit, vegetables, and flowers is receiving from the new duties lately brought into existence. These duties cover a wide range of horticultural products; in fact, nearly all the kinds that can be grown in this country. Some apply all the year round, and others correspond to the season of growth, bearing in mind our later climate. In every instance, the duties are moderate in scale, being conceived as an encouragement to home production, rather than as prohibitory; and when the tariff was fixed, the Advisory Committee plainly indicated that all or any of the dirties would be removed if adequate home supplies were not forthcoming, and at reasonable prices. Another stipulation was the proper organisation of marketing. There are already ample tokens that the stimulus is proving effective, notably in preparations for the raising of tomatoes, which are to enjoy the protection of 2d per Ib. during June and July, and 1d per Ib. during the following three months. New greenhouses are being erected in Lincolnshire, and the huge two-span structure now being completed at Hambleton is another example of enterprise directed to the same end, which is chiefly the cultivation of tomatoes in the summer season, to be followed by the raising of chrysanthemums in the autumn, and afterwards winter vegetables. Bradford Venture. The two bays, sprung steel arches, have a stretch of 50 yards and each is ten yards wide. The glass covers over 10,000 feet of space. These Hambleton Nurseries are a Bradford Venture, and they may be capable or raising twelve or fifteen tons of tomatoes in a season, taking the place of Dutch imports. An adjoining field is stocked with strawberry plants, also destined for the fresh fruit trade, and probably loganberries will be grown too, which is a reminder that Hambleton is also the centre of a modest canning industry, which turned out about a quarter of a million tins of peas last season, besides much bottled fruit – gooseberries, raspberries and Victoria plums. The pea canning trade has made immense strides in recent years, and now Yorkshire is contemplating a further step in the canning of chickens, after the promising example afforded by a Pudsey firm. There is a certain hazard, of course, about the open cultivation of strawberries in the North of England, owing to late spring frosts, but there are plenty of examples to show that it is possible. Even as far north as the Tyne Valley, the industry thrives, and in the recent autumn no doubt encouraged by the new duties, a field was planted at Sowerby near Thirsk. This class of fruit is to be protected to the extent of 3d. per lb from 1st April to July 31st. The North Country product generally gets some advantage in price, as it comes to picking a week or two later that the height of the season.