Mid-Season Vegetables 



and thinning to ten inches apart in the row. 

 Perkin's Long Pod is the best general variety 

 and the pods should be gathered when half grown, 

 whether needed or not, to prevent checking the 

 production. 



PEPPERS 



Like the egg plant require much heat in start- 

 ing and should be given the warmest posistion 

 in the hotbed — about the central sash, towards 

 the front — so that they may not be overtopped 

 by other, taller growing plants, for the pepper 

 grows but slowly for the first few weeks of its 

 existence. 



The seed germinates slowly, taking from two 

 to three weeks to appear; it may be sown thinly 

 in drills, or broadcasted, covering sufficiently to 

 conceal the seed and placing paper over the plot 

 to prevent drying out. If started in flats in the 

 house the plants may be transplanted into other 

 flats when they have made one pair of true leaves ; 

 if not crowded in the hotbed they may be al- 



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