Vegetable Growing for Market 



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This will jerk the plants gently and cause the pollen when ripe to blow 

 about and settle on the pin-like stigmas of the ovaries. A still safer 

 &nd better plan is to tie a piece of fur or a rabbit's tail on the end of 

 a stick and pass it over the flower trusses day after day when the sun 

 is shining. This secures proper distribution of pollen, and eventual ferti- 

 lization. It will more than pay for the time and trouble spent, by the 

 fine crop of fruit later on. The illustration (fig. 497) shows a crop of 

 " Winter Beauty " grown in pots in winter. 



Fig. 497. Tomato " Winter Beauty ". (Pot-grown plants.) 



To make sure of success, attention must be paid to keeping the tem- 

 perature equable, about 60 at night and 65 to 70 F. by day. It will 

 be almost fatal to allow the temperature to jump up and down with 

 great fluctuations. Good stoking is therefore a necessity during the 

 winter months. 



The next point is to give water carefully, which means only when 

 the soil is getting dry. The atmosphere should not be too moist, indeed 

 it should be on the dry side; and if the plants are not placed too close 

 together all the available sunlight will be utilized to the best advantage. 



Outdoor Tomatoes. Except in such places as the Channel Islands, 

 Devonshire and Cornwall, and the . milder parts of Ireland, the cultiva- 



