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off the sun. By using the above method I need not 

 w ait for a rainy spell to transplant tomato plants. 



Plants in Boxes. — I started my tomatoes in the 

 kitchen window and let them grow there until ]\Iay 2, 

 when I planted them out, each plant in a strawberry 

 box, and placed them in the cold frame with my cucum- 

 bers. My one hundred tomatoes and twenty-five pep- 

 pers I set out after 1 got the water on the hill, June 19. 

 They were good strong plants, all in bloom, and the 

 boxes were full of good roots. I like this way of rais- 

 ing, for it gives plenty of room and makes stocky 

 plants. It does not disturb the roots as when all are set 

 in one box. In setting I cut the corners, placed the 

 box in the hill, then slipped out the box, put the soil 

 around, pressed well, using water the same as for 

 cucumbers. Not a plant wilted, although the sun was 

 very hot. I do not trellis, although I think it would 

 pay. — [A. E. Ross, Strafford county, Xew Hampshire. 



Good Tomatoes. — The first thing to do is to buy 

 a package of Fordhook Fancy tomato seed. Quick 

 germination and steady growth are essential to a good 

 yield. Sow the seed in rich soil from March i to 20 

 and keep warm and moist. When plants are two inches 

 high, transplant in fresh soil four inches apart, keep 

 in good light with less water; transplant the second 

 time, and when the weather is warm and fine, plant in 

 the open field. The dwarf varieties need richer soil 

 than the taller kinds. I raise the Fordhook in this way 

 with the very best results. I sell large quantities of 

 these plants, put in boxes six by eight, twelve plants 

 in each box. This variety gives best satisfaction in 

 this section, as the plants look well when young and 

 need no support; the fruit is beautiful. — [Alfred 

 Fuller, Cattaraugus county. New York. 



Onee Transplanted is Enough according to F. R, 

 Trask^ Worcester county, Massachusetts. May 9, set 



