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TOMATO CULTURE 



vigorous of the shoots starting from below the first 

 cluster of fruit. In some locations they stop or pinch 

 out the main shoot just above the first leaf above the 



FIG. 24 — METHOD OF TRAINING ON LINE IN GREENHOUSE 



third or fourth cluster ; in some soils it is an advantage 

 and in others rather a disadvantage to do this. I 

 have seldom practiced it. When fruit at the lowest 

 cost a bushel is the desideratum, neither pruning nor 

 staking is desirable. 



