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be planted for home use. In addition to these, we 

 may plant Favorite, Buckeye State, for red ones. A 

 few of the yellow varieties, such as Golden Queen and 

 Golden Ball, may also be found interesting: and profit 

 able. There are others that may be raised, and some 

 that will produce immense berries, but these as a rule 

 are not profitable, either for distant or local markets. 

 Those that have been recommended for shipping will 

 also be found good for canning and preserving ; also 

 excellent for green pickles. 



SEED. 



We have a great many seedsmen in this country from 

 whom we can obtain our seed. From the glowing de- 

 scriptions in the seed catalogues, and the marvelous 

 statements that come to our notice, we are almost led 

 to believe that we will have a crop without work or 

 fertilizer if only we purchase that seed. However, we 

 should not let glowing descriptions overcome our bet- 

 ter judgment. If the seed of a new variety is offered 

 for sale, and we think it will be profitable in our sec- 

 tion, a package of seed and one year's test will go a 

 long way to decide the question. When a vegetable 

 grower has once found a well-established variety to 

 give excellent success, he should not be in a hurry to 

 discard it for something else that he has not tried. Be- 

 fore trusting our hard-earned money in the hands of 

 strangers, we should be quite sure that these strangers 

 have at least a good reputation. In selecting seeds- 

 men from whom to procure our seed, we should first find 

 out whether they make tomato growing a specialty, or 

 whether it is merely a secondary matter with them. 

 Whenever possible, we should procure our seed from 

 seedsmen who make a specialty of tomato growing. 

 It is all very good for the seedsman to say that he has 

 to be honest, as his reputation is at stake, and that he 



