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more often later. It requires three months from the time the 

 plants are transplanted into the beds until the fruit is mature. 

 It is necessary, therefore, to start the plants early enough to 

 allow sufficient time for maturing and harvesting before the 



Fig. 59. — A closer view of the fruit on vines shown in previous figure. 



out-door varieties are ready. Three weeks to a month are 

 long enough from seed until ready to transplant from the pots 

 into the bed. The returns will vary according to various 

 markets; generally they should bring a fair price and find 

 ready sale. 



