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tomatoes in Greenhouse. Where Tomatoes can be 

 grown in a greenhouse, and there is a little artificial 

 heat, seed may be sown in pots as early as the end of 

 February, the seedlings being treated as before des- 

 cribed, and either planted on ridges of soil or put into 

 boxes or troughs or placed singly into nine-inch or ten- 

 inch pots early in May, and thus secure a good start ; 

 but much depends on the facilities at disposal. When 

 plants are in pots they can be placed almost together 

 in a row on one or both sides of the greenhouse, and 

 trained up to wires or long rods fixed for the purpose 

 some ten inches under the glass roof. Such plants 

 may continue to grow and fruit as long as the house 

 can be spared. When the flowers set well and the 

 plants are from time to time fed with weak liquid 

 manure or a little artificial manure they will carry 

 great crops. When the side shoots are kept hard 

 pinched out, the plants are not unduly crowded. 

 Tomatoes under glass need plenty of air, and when in 

 flower an occasional gentle tapping of the stems helps 

 to diffuse the pollen, and assists fertilisation. Good 

 varieties for indoors are Sunrise, Duke of York, 

 Winter Beauty and Frogmore Selected. 



Forcing Tomatoes in winter is always very difficult 

 and unsatisfactory. Few fruits need more sunshine to 

 mature fully than the Tomato, and that, unfortunately, 

 no artificial treatment can supply in the winter. To 

 have fruits late in the year, it is a good plan to raise 

 plants from a sowing made in June, and to grow them 

 on singly. When fifteen inches in height, shift them 



