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for winter. There are other varieties of great merit. Plant 

 different varieties by themselves ; sown near cucumbers, 

 melons, or other squashes, the mixture of the pollen deterio- 

 rates the seed for the following season. 



TOMATO (Solanum Lycopersicum). 



There are two species of the Tomato, the Red Tomato 

 and the Yellow. In each of these are found sub-varieties, 

 with differences of size and shape. 



The large Red Squash-shaped is the most commonly 

 cultivated for the table and for catchups. The small Red 

 Cherry-shaped is used for pickling. 



The yellow varieties differ principally in shape. The 

 small Cherry Yellow Tomato is a very pretty variety, and 

 makes a good common preserve. 



Nothing is of easier culture in a warm climate than the 

 Tomato. In Virginia I have known a single plant to bear 

 over a bushel of rich, mellow fruit. 



In Massachusetts and in Maine greater care is requisite to 

 perfect the fruit. Plants are sometimes brought forward in 

 a hot-bed, and often in a cold bed or open box in the house ; 

 the boxes being deep and well filled with rich earth, placed 

 in a sunny exposure, and kept of an equal moisture. The 

 seed must be put in sparsely, and not deeper than half an 

 inch. In transplanting, deep holes are dug, and strong 

 stable-manure placed in these holes with finely pulverized 

 earth, and the plants put in carefully, taking up as much 

 earth with them as possible. Each hill should be three or 

 four feet apart. They must be protected from the hot sun 

 in their early stages, by shingles forced into the ground so 

 as to shade them. They should be watered morning and 

 night till they set, and occasionally all through the season, 

 if the weather be dry. 



As they grow, they need to be trimmed, in order that the 



