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small wire staple. This should all be done before the 

 plants are set out, 



" During the last week in May and first week in June, 

 the plants should be set out. Water well in the frame, 

 then gently pull the plants and place as many upright 

 in a basket as it will hold. Drop about twenty at 18 

 in. apart ; then one person with a small, thin graft, or 

 a garden trowel, should insert it about 4 in. into the 

 ground at an angle, and press upwards, slightly rais- 

 ing the soil without disturbing it. A second person 

 should msert the damp roots of the plant in the nick 

 and tuck them carefully to the bottom, into the damp 

 soil; remove the tool gently and press the soil firmly on 

 to the plant with the heel. Do not water. I have 

 tried many ways of planting tomatoes in the fields, and 

 this I found to be the best method where large numbers 

 have to be planted. Where only a small quantity are 

 being handled it is best to grow them in strawberry 

 baskets or pots, and put the plants out with the roots 

 undisturbed. 



"In a week or two, if the weather is genial, growth 

 will be observed, and then a dressing of nitrate of soda 

 may be given, about 2 hundredweight to the acre. 

 It should be crushed fine and mixed with three times 

 its bulk of dry earth or ashes. At the end of June the 

 plants should be thoroughly sprayed with strawsonite. 

 After spraying, it will be time to go over the plants, 

 and remove all the side shoots, keeping the plants to one 

 stem only. When the plants have grown long enough to 

 reach 6 in. above the wire, they should be again trimmed 



