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CROP PRODUCTION 



with many distinct types of plant and fruit and a great 



number of varieties. 



The garden culture of Tomatoes is very simple. The 



plants are set out in May three to three and a half or four 



feet apart and given good 

 tillage until the fruit is 

 well set. It is better to 

 hold the plants up with 

 some support, either ty- 

 ing to stakes or using 

 various forms of trellises. 

 It is generally worth while 

 to fasten a bit of stiff 

 paper around the stalk of 

 the plant when it is set 

 out to prevent injury by 

 cutworms. 



The Tomato has lately 

 become an important 

 truck crop. Great quan- 

 ToMATo IN Paper Flower Pot cities are grown in the 



south every winter for shipment to northern markets. 



It has also become an important greenhouse crop 



near large cities in the north. 



Pepper and Eggplant 



The Red Pepper is also a native of tropical America 

 and was first discovered by Europeans when Columbus 

 made his most famous voyage. It is often called Chili 

 Pepper and belongs to the genus Capsicum. There are 

 now many types and varieties, though the botanists 

 think that originally there were only one or two wild 



