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your spring planting from the middle of December until 

 February. You will have to raise the spring plants either in 

 hot beds or cold frames. When all danger of frost is over 

 transplant the plants to the field. They should be from six 

 to eight inches high and set in the ground nearly up to the 

 bud. Make the rows four or five feet apart, setting the 

 plants from two to three feet apart in the row. 



Beauty Tomato. 

 VARIETIES. 



The Florida tomato growers are very progressive and 

 will only plant a variety as long as there is nothing better 

 to be had. At present the Livingston's New Globe seems 

 to be the favorite in all sections, and I really think it de- 

 serves its popularity, as it certainly is a beautiful tomato, 

 stands shipment exceedingly well, and seems suited to all 

 sections of the State. The Livingston's Beauty, Redfield's 



