17Q SOLAN ACEOUS 



'^ CROPS 



A large yield of tomatoes is from 12 to 16 tons 

 per acre; the average is much below this. 

 The favorite tomato in the American market 

 is large, round and smooth, the Angular and 

 other irregular-shaped varieties bringing a much 

 lower price. Varieties run out so quickly that 

 it is not advisable to give the names. 



The friend that you make in the seed store 

 wiU be able to keep you posted about such things 

 — ^you can look in his eyes and tell if he is lying, 

 which you can't do with a catalogue. Or you 

 can ask the Agricultural Editor. 



EGGPLANT. 



You treat eggplants just as you do tomatoes, 

 except that they need even greater care that 

 the young plants are not checked in their growth, 

 and a longer season. Eggplant is really a hot- 

 climate crop, and so requires especial attention 

 for early ripening in the Northern States. It 

 grows best in the South, but does well as far 

 north as New Jersey and Long Island. Further 

 north it is seldom grown for more than home use. 



Eggplant needs a long season, sunny exposure, 

 a warm, loose, and rather dry but rich soil. It is 

 started in the hot-bed and not transplanted until 

 from six to ten inches high. It is such a finicky 

 crop that if the plants are crowded or stunted 



