154 VEGETABLE GROWING. 



ing upon the variety and fertility of the soil. In set- 

 ting plants in the field they should be placed an inch 

 or so below the level of what they stood in the hot- 

 bed or cold frame. 



FERTILIZER FORMULA. 



Nitrogen 4 per cent. 



Potash 9 per cent. 



Available phosphoric acid. ..5 per cent. 



Use 1,500 to 2,500 pounds per acre of the above for- 

 mula. This plant is one of the most sensitive to im- 

 proper use of fertilizer that we have, shedding its 

 fruit or failing to set it at all if badly prepared. Con- 

 sequently, we have a great many cases of failure, and 

 it is very difficult for the " plant doctor " to tell what 

 ails the pknt, as the symptoms of many ailments are 

 so similar that they cannot be distinguished. A very 

 successful way of applying the fertilizer is to make a 

 double furrow where the row is to be. Apply a por- 

 tion of the fertilizer down the row and then mix in 

 a portion of the soil that has to be thrown out, then 

 apply more of the fertilizer and work in more soil. 

 Continue this until the fertilizer has been deposited 

 evenly throughout the entire farrow. If the plants 

 are to be set in checks 4x4 feet, it will be sufficient to 

 fertilize the ground for about a foot on each side of 

 the check. 



The following table of fertilizers will give the de- 

 sired amounts of each element per acre : 



