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TRUCK-FARMING AT THE SOUTH. 



will throw out a stem at the axil of each seed leaf ; 

 thus producing, as it were, two plants from each root, 

 which, when planted out deeply, will support each other 

 and tend to increase the yield. If this is done before the 

 plants have taken root, only one bud is likely to develop. 

 If the pricked out plants become too crowded, pinch 



Fig. 64. BOX FOR TOMATO PLANTS. 



off some of the lower leaves to promote a stockier growth 

 and cause side shoots to push. It may pay those, who 

 can ship the earliest tomatoes, to prick out into pots or 

 into boxes, plunging the boxes in cold frames. 



BOXES FOR TOMATO PLANTS. 



Before shipments from Florida by their greater earli- 

 ness anticipated my crops of Tomatoes, I used boxes like 



