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EGGPLANTS PLANTING OUT AND 

 CULTIVATION 



1P\0 NOT be in a great hurry to set out whatever plants 

 1 * you have secured. Cool nights do not agree with 

 this child of the tropics. About June 1st, when both soil 

 and season have become thoroughly warm, select the 

 richest spot in the garden. Dig holes, about six inches 

 deep, a foot in diameter, two feet apart each way, and put 

 a large shovelful of manure or humus into them. 



Fill balance of hole with soil and set a plant into each 

 spot so prepared. Do not disturb the roots if it can be 

 helped. Press soil firmly around them and keep on the 

 lookout for potato bugs that are apt to attack the young 

 plants. Pick off and destroy them, or dust the plants 

 with Slug Shot. Kept rapidly growing by constant cul- 

 tivation, eggplants will quickly outgrow insect. 



Eggplants will stand a remarkable amount of drout 

 so long as the soil between them is kept loose by constant 

 hoeing, but large fruits water once a week. 



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