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MISCELLANEOUS WARM PLANTS. 



as of all other winter gardening, consists in having new 

 plants ready to take the place of the old ones. As soon 

 as the old plants are removed, fork up the beds, add a 

 liberal quantity of strong, short manure, and replant im- 

 mediately. 



The enemies are few, red spider and mite being the 

 worst, and these are kept in check by maintaining a 

 moist atmosphere. 



Winter beans ready for market. 



EGGPLANT. 



The possibility of forcing eggplants successfully was 

 suggested by a crop which was grown under glass in 

 one of the market gardens near Boston, in the spring of 

 1891. These plants were not grown with the intention of 

 forcing them ; but as the greenhouse was vacant at the 

 time the main crop of eggplants was set out of doors, 

 it was filled with plants taken from the same lot as those 

 set in the open. The beds in which they were planted 

 were solid ; that is, the prepared soil rested upon the 

 natural surface of the ground, forming a layer from 12 to 

 15 inches in depth. During the preceding winter these 

 beds had served for growing lettuce, and they had con- 

 quently been well enriched with stable manure, a fertil- 

 izer which is especially effective in the production of 



*E. G. Lodeman, Bulletin 96, Cornell Exp. Sta. Bulletin 26 of 

 this Station is an account of the cultivation of eggplants in the field. 



