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Market Gardening, 



Hoop Trained Tomato. 



The illustration shows what is called " hoop-train- 

 ing." Of course, market gardeners who cultivate 

 tomatoes by the acre will have no time for this sort of 

 thin^ ; but we speak of it with reference particulLirly 

 to the ki'xhen garden, where space is som.etimes quite 

 an object. A glance at the illustration will show how 

 it is done, — drive three stakes and fasten barrel-hoops 

 to these. It not only keeps the vines in shape, but 

 also prevents the tomatoes from lying on the ground. 



