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from the best. If there be no seeds in the school garden, the work 

 may be carried on by individual pupils at home, and the results 

 shown at school. The size and vigor of plants, the quantity of seeds 



Fig. 43 and Fig. 44. 



Fig. 43 



(North 



■Melons grown fl-ommnselected seed — showing the mixed product. 



Carolina Department of Agriculture.) 



Fig. 44. — When seed is selected from a garden where the product is uniform the 



next crop will be uniform. (North Carolina Department of Agriculture.) 



they bear, the strength and height of ^tems, the branching or num- 

 ber of stems in a clump, are all features to be considered (Figs. 43, 

 44, and 45 ) . Tomato seeds should be taken from plants yielding 

 large crops of smooth marketable fruits. The individual tomatoes 



