BOOK OF THE HOME GARDEN 



three joints beyond where the cluster of tomatoes 

 is hanging and if there are a great many tomatoes 

 in a cluster, carefully cut out every other one. You 

 can easily see that if they are crowded when they 

 are little they will be dreadfully crowded when 



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 



grown up, also they are apt to be crooked and flat- 

 tened because they will press against one another. 

 Melons are very queer and interesting because 

 they have Father and Mother flowers separate from 

 each other. Usually the first flowers to open are 

 Father flowers and have only stamens with pollen on 



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