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good poles or young cedar trees. It will be neces- 

 sary to have two or more rows of beans for this 

 method. Put one pole into the ground at each hill, 

 then place a smaller, lighter pole across the tops, 

 either straight or diagonally. The diagonal method 

 is much stronger and if your garden is sufficiently 

 large to admit of one of these arbors you can leave 

 it for several years, changing the crop upon it each 

 year, using such vines as lima beans, cucumbers, 

 muskmelons, gourds and, for an ornamental 

 change, morning glories. The cross bars on the top 

 of the arbor should be wired or tied securely. 



You see the melons and cucumbers are really 

 vines ; we allow them to grow on the ground to save 

 the expense of supports, and they grow very well, 

 but if they are trained up they are easier to spray 

 and usually produce better fruit. If your garden 

 is very small, and you wish these vine fruits and 

 vegetables, you can train them on poles, making the 

 three-pole tent support or the arbor support. 



Tomatoes do not need a tall support as they are 

 short vines, especially the dwarf varieties (like 

 Dwarf-Stone), so a good strong stick about three 

 feet long stuck firmly in the ground near the plant 

 is sufficient. If you wish you can buy round wire 

 supports, which are circles of wire with three wire 



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