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Gardening 



FIGS. 155 and 156. At the left, setting out pot-grown peppers; at the right, 

 harvesting the "eggs" from eggplants. 



poorly or may even die during the summer, a late crop 

 may be raised. 



In the home garden it is best to grow plants from 18 to 

 30 inches apart. Each plant should be tied up to one or 

 more stakes as a support, and the side branches cut away 

 as they develop, leaving the main stem and possibly two 

 or three lateral ones to develop. After several clusters 

 of fruit are formed on a stalk, it is a good plan to pinch 

 off the growing tip. 



Earliana, Bonny Best, and Chalk's Early Jewel are 

 perhaps the best of the early sorts. The Stone, Acme, 

 and Ponderosa are somewhat later, but yield heavily. 



