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Theyounq- plants were hoed June 12, and the weeds 

 were cut out with a hoe on June 19, 24 and July 11. 

 They were cultivated June 14 and 22. The tomato 

 worms were not bad, but he went over the patch and 

 killed one hundred. 



Some of the tomatoes were in bloom July 6, and 

 the first were ripe August 12. Picking began for the 

 canning factory September i, and until September 28, 



PR KIXC; TOMAIOES 



when there was a severe freeze, were sold fourteen 

 thousand five hundred and thirty pounds at five 

 dollars per ton, eighteen bushels to the neighbors at 

 twenty-five cents per bushel, and eight bushels were 

 used at home. At the time of the freeze there were 

 three thousand pounds of tomatoes on the vines. 

 Besides the above there were sold one thousand six 

 hundred plants at ten cents per hundred, making a 

 total of forty-four dollars and forty-three cents 



