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and keep down the weeds. If the seedlings stand too 

 thick in the rows, thin them out so that the plants will be 

 at least two inches apart. Sow early in the season. 



Watch the catalogues of reliable seed houses for nov- 

 elties. The Trophy marked a new era in tomatoes, and 

 was really the first with smooth exterior and solid inside. 

 We had had smooth tomatoes before, but they had big 

 seed hollows inside, and all that we had with solid meat 

 were very rough, like the mammoth Chihuahua. 



But the production of the Trophy was a success, 

 because it put this solid tomato inside a smooth skin, and 

 ever since it has been the effort of breeders to keep it 

 there. The best efforts of the breeders should now be 

 devoted to the maintenance of the earliness of the extra 

 early sorts, with increased smoothness. This has been 

 attained in the Earliana, Globe, Success and others. 



Then there are the cucumbers, of which every seeds- 

 man has his special strain. Of these I have found that 

 there is nothing better than the combination of the White 

 Spine and Long Green, known as the Davis Perfect. It 

 is longer and slimmer than the White Spine, and earlier 

 than the Long Green, and in my opinion deserves its 

 name. 



Never follow the fall crop of lettuce with lettuce, for 

 it is sure to be attacked by the wilt. This crop needs a 

 change of soil as often as possible. It is easy to raise let- 

 tuce in the winter in a room that has an even and moder- 

 ate temperature. This is better than midsummer lettuce 

 and sells at fancy figures. Lettuce is raised with least 

 trouble in spring and fall. 



When soil can be worked in the spring, lettuce, rad- 

 ishes, onions and peas should be planted in the open gar- 

 den. All of these can stand considerable frost. It is 

 well to put in some early potatoes. The early vegetables 

 bring big profits. 



The Logan berry, a hybrid of the blackberry and rasp- 



