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the beds of small vegetables, so that the beds can 

 be seen to, the crops gathered without unnecessary 

 trampling of the ground. 



EARLY PLANTS WITHOUT A HOTBED 



"All such plants as lettuce, early cabbage, parsley, 

 eggplant, pepper and tomato are grown from seed; 

 the tender ones in the windows of the house, the 

 hardy ones in the laundry, which has sash on two 

 sides, but no means of heating. After March 7, 

 the hardy plants do very well here; on cold nights 

 they are covered. These home-grown plants are 

 better than the wilted bought ones; also I know they 

 are of the desired varietj^, and for a very small out- 

 lay in cash I get a great number. The early plants 

 grown in the house last year were six eggplants, 

 sixty-eight tomatoes and fifteen peppers; in the 

 laundry, thirty plants of cabbage, twenty-four of 

 parsley, and over two hundred lettuce. 



"The tomatoes are grown on an upright trellis. 

 The plants are set eighteen inches apart in the row, 

 and trimmed to two stems, all side shoots being cut 

 off as soon as they start. The first ripe tomatoes 

 were picked July 2. Three varieties of early 

 tomatoes were grown, six plants of each. Chalk's 

 Jewel gave me the greatest results out of the five 

 varieties that I have tried during the last three years. 

 The scarlet fruits are smooth, solid, medium sized, 

 and of excellent quality. For late tomatoes, Stone 

 and Matchless were grown. Both are excellent; 

 it is difficult to choose between them. 



