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GLEANINGS IN HKE CULTURE. 



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ROLLING Vr TIIK (TinAIN TO A llEl) l.")() FKKT LONG. 



suriiiR iiioiiflis, before rlmharb was giowii in 

 tli(> open lield, we received :.'() cts. per lb. for it; 

 and. ill fact, we received '.'(i cts. per lb. for all we 

 could pet outdoors for perhaps the lirst week. 

 'I lien coin|)etiti()ii sent 

 the price down to 1.") and 

 then to 10 cts.: and to- 

 day. May !t. it ha.s got 

 as low as (i cts. at re- 

 tail. My itnpression is, 

 however, that it could 

 be raised at a [irofit at 

 only one cent a iiound — 

 that is, if enough of it 

 could b(» disposed of to 

 make it an object to pro- 

 duce it in quantities. 



SO.ME SKETCHES FROM 



OUR FORTHCOMING 



TOMATO-ROOK. 



In our issue for March 

 15 I gave a description 

 of the new industry at 

 Crystal Springs. Miss.— 

 raising early tomatoes 

 for the northern mar- 

 kets. At the time, I told 

 you I would give some 

 pictures later on. The 

 first picture shows how 

 one man rolls up the 

 curtain to a bed 1.50 feet 

 long. It also shows the 

 general plan of the 

 cloth-covered cold-frame 

 or hot- bed. 



The next shows the 

 way in which two men 

 can roll up the curtain 

 to a bed S.'iO feet long. 

 It also shows another 



Tlie seed is rather diffi- 

 cult to s(jw. eitlier witli a 

 drill or by liand. In Uutk- 

 iiiji- tlirouK'i tlic books I 

 find tliese two varieties 

 recommended in about tlie 

 way I liave described. In 

 the cataloRues tliey are 

 about tile only kinds men- 

 tioned. Henderson frives 

 a lu-w kind, and so does 

 Rawsori, witli extra prices. 

 1 wish othei- veg-etables 

 wvrv cut do\yn to two 

 kinds that could hv rec 

 ommended as well as 

 these in rliubai'b. 



The (question you ask in 

 tlie last Gleanings lean 

 not answer, as we have 

 never raised carrots to 

 >ipeak of . I tried your plan 

 of plant inf? celery early to 

 g'et it to run to seed." as we 

 wanted to ^et a cros.s be- 

 tween Silver Spray and 

 White Plume; but it 

 \^-ould not go to seed, and 

 all winter- killed durinyr 

 the past winter, so we 

 shall have to try afrain. 



We have made quite a 

 success with our niiish- 

 rfioms this winter. From 

 ioii/cr tlif hnis of about 

 half of one liouse we have 

 sold nearly one hundred 

 dollars' worth. It beats 

 any thing- we have tried 

 to raise under the beds. 



E. C. GUEEN. 



Columbus, O.. May 2. 

 During the winter and 



CLOTH C0LD-FI;AMK, •.'.")() FEET LONG 



