3 io THE SCHOOL GARDEN BOOK 



5. Date of blossoming. 



6. Date of pulling first ears. Average number of ears to 



a stalk. 



7. Comparison of early and main crop varieties. 



DRAWINGS. 



1. Seeds: natural size and magnified. 



2. Seedlings when two inches high. 



3. Tassels and ear when silk first develops. 



4. Ear of corn at time of picking. Sectional diagram of 



ear in husk. 



THE STORY. 



Tell or write the story of your corn crop. Was there much 

 variation in the number of ears per stalk? See 

 what you can find out about the methods by which 

 the yield of corn is increased by the careful selection 

 of seed. 



Tomato 



STARTING IN-DOORS. 



1. Make little drills one-half inch deep and one inch apart 



in the earth of the seed-box by pressing downward a 

 ruler or other straight-edge. Sow the seed in these, 

 leaving the seeds one-eighth inch apart in the rows. 

 Cover with one-half inch of fine soil. Water care- 

 fully. 



2. Keep the seed-bed moist for the next ten days. By 



that time the little seedlings should appear. As soon 

 as they show, put the seed-box where it will have all 

 the sunlight possible, and arrange for as much air as 



