The Busy Woman s Garden Book 



watched in the late fall and if it is going down 

 towards nightfall those plants which one wishes 

 to save should be protected. 



After the first three hard frosts there are 

 usually two or three weeks of fine weather and it 

 is at this time that tomatoes and other perishable 

 garden stuff command the highest price and 

 those who are fortunate enough to have a surplus 

 to sell can realize a neat little sum that will more 

 than pay for the trifling trouble involved. 



I am often asked which is the best tomato for 

 the home garden and have no hesitation in saying 

 that, all things considered, there is no better to- 

 mato raised, for an all season crop, than the 

 Dwarf, Improved Stone. There are earlier to- 

 matoes and larger tomatoes. The Early Detroit 

 is earlier, but not very much so, and it does not 

 compare in size and quality with the Stone. Pon- 

 derosa is a much larger tomato but the quality is 

 not up to the Stone nor is its freedom from crack- 

 ing and irregularity to be compared to the Stone. 

 Then the Stone is such a satisfactory plant in 

 the way of foliage and stem, so heavy and rugged, 



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