Mid-Season Vegetables 



other flats or other rows in the hotbed, setting 

 them two inches apart each waj^ and grown on, 

 given sufficient water and occasional cultivation, 

 but not sufficient to disturb the roots, until time 

 to plant out in the open ground; this should not 

 be done until the nights and soil are warm as a 

 check at this time will mean a late setting of 

 fruit. 



Egg plants are considered one of the difficult 

 things to grow; personally I have seldom lost a 

 plant except at the hands, or mouth rather, of cut- 

 worms, but I have frequently gotten an unsatis- 

 factory setting of fruit. However, one must 

 have certain standards to adhere to in their cul- 

 ture, the first of which is heat in all the early 

 stages of their growth, the second, rich soil, with 

 occasional suj^plementary dressings of nitrate of 

 soda, and thorough cultivation. 



The plants require considerable room when 

 mature and should not be set closer than three feet 

 each way. 



The principal enemy of the egg, plant is the 

 potato beetle which is quite as partial to egg 



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