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house, with good results. If it is desired, two crops can 

 be grown, one ripening in December and the other in 

 April. For the first crop, the seed should be sown in 

 July, and the seedlings transplanted into shallow boxes 

 in August ; about the first of September they may be 

 placed in four-inch pots, or again in flats, and by the 

 first of October may receive their final transplant- 

 ing. This can be into ten-inch pots, into beds similar 

 to those used for cucumbers, or into deep boxes. If 

 grown in pots or beds, the soil should be prepared in the 

 same way as for cucumbers; if boxes are used, they 

 should be one foot deep and from ten to eighteen inches 

 square, according to the number of plants grown in 

 them. The large size with four plants will, perhaps, give 

 best results. Unless a large crack has been left in the 

 bottom of the box, several holes should be made, in 

 order to provide thorough drainage. For commercial 

 growing, the use of beds is preferable, with two rows 

 of plants on side benches three to three and one-half 

 feet wide ; from eighteen to twenty inches each way will 

 be right for wider beds. 



If a succession is desired, seeds may be sown rt 

 intervals of four weeks, and for the second main crop 

 the sowing should be made about the first of December. 

 When the plants are desired to follow the crop of let- 

 tuce taken ofE in February, the seeds jnay also be sown 

 at that date. The same care will be required as for the 

 seeds sown in August. 



The best temperature for the tomato for the first 

 few weeks after planting is about 55 degrees, but when 

 established it should be raised to about 65 degrees, and 

 should not be allowed to fall below 60 degrees at 

 night. During the day the temperature may run up to 

 75 or 80 degrees, but ventilation should be given when it 

 can be done without creating a draft or dropping the 

 temperature below 65 or 70 degrees. If only a cool 



