GROWING FOR EXHIBITION 



GROWING FOR EXHIBITION 

 Where the main object of the planter is flowers for the 

 exhibition table, more intensive methods of culture 

 are usually carried out. For instance, if the rows of 

 Peas are grown in a block, instead of trenching the 

 ground for each individual row only, the entire piece of 

 ground should be deeply dug and thoroughly manured, 

 as described on page 1 1 and the growths thinned out 

 considerably; in fact, only taking up two to four stems 

 on each plant. All other branches or laterals being 

 carefully pulled out, not cut out, as by adopting the 

 latter method new laterals would again be emitted in 

 the course of a few days. 



Plant in double rows, allowing twelve inches 

 between the rows, and in transplanting set each plant 

 at least six inches apart in the row. If the seed has 

 been sown four or five in a pot, or in boxes, care must 

 be taken not to break or injure the roots in any way 

 when separating them, and in planting do not cramp 

 the roots. Spread them out carefully and see that the 

 hole is of a sufficient depth to allow for the main root 

 without any doubling. As the growth is concentrated 

 in a limited number of stems the vines will, therefore, 

 be much taller than when allowed to grow naturally, 

 and provision must be made for this when staking. 



The best method is to drive stout posts at the end 

 of each double row, to which nail two or three cross 

 pieces, the first eighteen inches wide, attached about 

 nine inches from the ground, the center pieces twelve 

 inches wide, and the top cross piece nine inches. Stout 

 wires are then strained horizontally along both sides of 

 the row from the cross pieces. Long stakes or bamboos 



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