1404. Tur VEGETABLE InpusTRY In New York STATE 
because these varieties are more valuable when marketed than 
any of the late sorts. This is generally the case wher. the location 
is within easy shipping distance of some large city. On the other 
hand, where the cost of shipping is too great, the late varieties 
are grown for canning purposes or for making catsup. 
GROWING EARLY TOMATOES 
The early crop although the most expensive to grow is at the 
same time the most profitable where it can be grown successfully 
Fic. 428.— WELL-Grown Tomato PLANTS READY FOR TRANSPLANTING 
and markeved economically, but it requires far more skill to pro- 
duce it: First, the seeds must be planted in a manure hotbed or 
greenhouse about two and onethird months prior to the time the 
plants can be planted out in the field. They are grown in the 
seed bed until about five weeks old and then transplanted to cold 
frames. The beds must be made by using about three inches of 
manure (new horse manure preferred) on which is placed five 
