MARKET GARDENING 239 



Varieties. 



Among the best varieties for market and home use 

 are: Delicious, Hubbard, Golden Hubbard, Boston 

 Marrow, and Essex. 



TOMATOES. 



This is a market-garden, a farm-garden and a can- 

 ning crop. It is grown largely to supply city markets, 

 and in some sections in large areas to supply canneries. 

 For the best results land upon which some well manured 

 crop was grown the previous season is selected. It is 

 plowed in the fall and again in the spring, and made 

 ready for the plants from May i to June i, according to 

 location. The land is generally furrowed or marked 

 out 3x5 to 4x6 feet, according to soil and variety 

 grown. 



Plants for the early crop are grown under glass, 

 started from seed from February to April i, and trans- 

 planted at least twice until they occupy a space 6x6 

 inches in the bed. When the plants are ready for setting 

 out a small amount of fertilizer is scattered about each 

 hill, a spadeful of soil taken out, the plant taken up with 

 a spade, dropped into the hole, and soil pressed firmly 

 about the roots. A moist day should be selected if 

 possible or the plants set out from 4 to 6 P.M., that they 

 may have the night in which to recover from the effects 

 of transplanting. For a few days before moving water 

 should be withheld from the plants to cause them to 

 harden and turn a little yellow, but the bed should be 

 thoroughly wet down a few hours before the plants are 

 taken up, to cause the soil to adhere to the roots. 

 Thorough cultivation should be kept up both ways 

 between the plants with the horse as long as the plants 

 stand upright, and after they begin to fall down large 

 weeds must be hand pulled. 



