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Aphis are Very Small, but so Numerous They Make a 



Plant Look Fuzzy 67 



If your Seedlings Grow too Tall, Pinch out the Top, 

 Center Leaves 69 



Seedlings Grown in Paper Pots Slip out Easily without 

 Breaking the Roots. These Tomato Plants are Near- 

 ly Ready to Bloom 75 



Peanuts do not Grow on the Root of the Plant. Notice 

 the Long Stem on Those in the Left-hand Corner . . 79 



Setting out Cabbage Plants. "Puddled" and Covered 

 with Berry Baskets 86 



Cultivating with the Long-handled Claw. The Hotter 

 and Dryer the Weather, the more Cultivation is 

 Needed to Hold the Sub-soil Moisture in the Ground 90 



Grass is our Worst Weed because it Requires only a 



Little Piece of Root or Stem to Make a New Plant 95 



Sorrel, or Sour Grass, Sends out Long Stems under 

 Ground, Making New Plants every few Inches . . 95 



Pusley, or Purslane, has a Thick Stem and Flat 

 Leaves; sits close to the Ground and will Spread out 

 in a Circle as Large as a Dinner Plate 96 



Get Down on your Hands and Knees and go After each 

 Weed, Digging it out Completely. Put the Weeds 

 into a Basket or Box and Carry them to the Com- 

 post Heap 97 



Dock has a Top Root and Deep Digging is Necessary 

 to get it all out 98 



Dust Mulch and Straw Mulch 101 



Overhead Irrigation where Water Comes from a Pipe 

 in Fine Sprays Ill 



Water Poured into a Half Barrel Filled with Humus 

 would Make Underground Irrigation, because the 

 Water Going through the Holes in the Barrel Would 

 Reach the Roots of the Plant 115 



If You Want Larger Tomatoes, Carefully Cut out 

 Every Other One in a Cluster when they are Small. 

 If Crowded when Little, they will be Dreadfully 

 Crowded and Misshapen when Grown up . . . . 118 



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