SOWING SEEDS OUTDOORS 



has not been cultivated often enough, the plant will 

 have a hard time, but if it is soft and well cultivated, 

 the plant can make more blossoms to make seed. 

 In the fall when the leaves of the peanut plant be- 

 gin to turn yellow, just before frost, dig the whole 



PEANUTS DO NOT GROW ON THE ROOT OF THE PLANT. NOTICE THE LONG 

 STEM ON THOSE IN THE LEFT-HAND CORNER 



plant up by putting your garden fork or spade into 

 the ground near the plant and lifting. Now you 

 will see the nuts hanging to the long stems ; some 

 people have an idea the nuts grow on the roots, but 

 you will know better because you will have watched 

 the blossom's stem go into the soil. 



You will also see the nodules of nitrogen on the 



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