HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -The first zone, according to von Thünen, will be used to produce products that spoil quickly, like fresh fruit, vegetables, and dairy. These have to be close to market because they can’t be transported very far.

Detailed explanation-2: -There are generally four main circles around the city that consist, from nearest to a town and moving outwards, of: 1) intense farming, 2) forest lands, 3) extensive farming, and 4) grazing. Rent prices for land are high near a city.

Detailed explanation-3: -This model had four concentric zones outward from this market center. The Von Thünen model hypothesized how people should use agricultural land based on the costs. The model was developed before the Industrial Age had reached the area in which he lived, when wood was still the main source of fuel.