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in the usual vegetable crate, with the top pressed 

 down firmly, to prevent the fruit from shaking about. 



SAVING SEED. 



After shipping season is over, it may be to one's 

 advantage to save his own seed, or to sell to his neigh- 

 bors. The matter of saving seed is very simple and 

 easy. The fruit is allowed ta become ripe, then picked, 

 allowed to dry, and the seed removed. It will be neces- 

 sary to protect this from mice, rats, or other vermin. 

 Under ordinary circumstances, the seeds will retain 

 their vitality for a number of years. 



FERTILIZER FORMULA. 



Nitrogen 4 percent. 



Potash 9 percent. 



Available phosphoric acid ... 5 per cent. 

 Use 750 to 1,250 pounds per acre of the above for- 

 mula. Use the same precautions in applying the ma- 

 terial as directed per egg-plant. 



The following table will give the desired amounts 

 per acre of each fertilizer element : 



Element. Pounds of different material for one acre. 



{ 500 to 800 Ibs. cotton-feed meal ; or 

 XP , , ! 300 to 500 Ibs. dried blood ; or 



' rogen 1 200 to 325 Ibs. nitrate of soda; or 



1 160 to 250 Ibs. sulphate of ammonia. 



f 800 to 1,000 Ibs. kainit ; or 



I 150 to 225 Ibs. muriate of potash ; or 



Potash \ 150 to 225 Ibs. sulphate of potash ; or 



I 250 to 400 Ibs. sulphate of potash and 

 sulphate of magnesia. 



PhosDhoric acid / 40 to 60 lbs< acid P hos P hate 5 or 

 ld \ 300 to 500 Ibs. dissolved bone. 



It seems that no chemical analysis has thus far been 

 made of this vegetable, so we have no definite infor- 

 mation as to the amounts of the different fertilizer ele- 

 ments that are removed from the soil. The foregoing 

 table and formula can be only approximately correct. 



