MONEY IN THE BACKYARD 33 



MAKING TOMATO PLANTS PERENNIAL 



The raisers of that crop would probably have 

 been glad to know that they could keep their tomato 

 vines all winter, by cutting them back in the fall, 

 and storing them in dirt or sand. They should be 

 kept moist, and away from any chance of frost 

 action. The result will be a saving of three weeks 

 or so in the ripening of the fruit the next year. 



MAKING YOUR OWN SPRINGTIME 



There are a few perennial crops, too, which can 

 be hurried into bearing in the spring. If you cover 

 a few asparagus plants, or a lusty rhubarb, with a 

 barrel and bank fresh stable manure up around it, 

 you can be gathering those vegetables before their 

 unprotected brethren are even awake and growing. 



HOW TO DOUBLE THE CABBAGE CROP IN YIELD AND 



QUALITY 



The season of several crops can be lengthened at 

 the other end by the knowledge of a few interesting 

 points, which might not occur to one spontaneously. 

 For instance, don't pull up your cabbages. Cut 

 them oflF, leaving all the stalk you can, and in a short 

 time a cluster of small heads will develop, which will 

 provide you with some of the tenderest and most 

 delicate cabbage you ever ate. You can afford 

 to harvest these soon, while they are tenderest, for 

 they represent a supplementary crop, a sort of free 

 premium that you weren't, perhaps, expecting. 



