DREER'S VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS. 69 
considered advantageous to water the plants in this way, 
rather than on the surface in the usual manner. The 
estimated yield of under-glass tomatoes is two pounds per 
plant. In this estimate each plant occupies only one and 
one-half square feet of space. _ 
It will be observed that Mr. Shelmire’s plan allows four 
square feet of bed space to each plant. 
Some tomato growers have found that a hive of bees in 
the forcing house adds to the certainty of pollenizing the 
blossoms. The New England growers nearly all employ 
bees for the purpose of fertilizing under-glass crops. 
Fifty cents per pound has been a common New York 
quotation for winter tomatoes, for some years past. 
John G. Gardner, a well-known horticulturist (see 
article on beans), sows tomato seed uly 27 for the first 
under-glass crop. He expects fruit fn ninety days from the 
planting of the seed. This planting date enables him to have 
1omatoes ready for market about the first of November, im- 
mediately following the end of the out-of-doors crop. He 
continues to plant seed, at intervals through the winter, 
planning to end the under-glass fruiting season in July, 
when home-grown, open-air tomatoes are on the market. 
