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which case it is best grown in pots for setting out, and 

 treated like tomato. Or it may be started in a hotbed, 

 and allowed to mature there without transplanting, 

 gaining much time over ordinary outdoor culture. 

 Soil. Warm, dry, and quick. 



Distances. Three by three feet, or more if the soil 

 is very rich. 



Depth. One inch. 



Sow under glass in April, and trans- 



Fig. 75. Martynia pods. One-third natural size. 



plant into pots as the plants crowd. Sow outdoors 

 at the end of May or early June, several seeds to the 

 hill, and 



Thin to one plant in the hill. 



Set out when frosts are past, about June 1. 



Culture. Preserve the surface mulch. 



Pick the pods while still tender, or they are worth- 

 less; continue picking as they develop. 



Seed-bed culture is possible, if the position of the 



