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The proper planting distance will depend on a number of fac- 

 tors, but ordinarily 4x4 feet will be found satisfactory. Less 

 space may be allowed if the soil is not very productive. If the 

 plants are to be tied to stakes and pruned to several stems, they 

 may be set 2X4 feet apart, and if to be trained to single stems 

 15 inches X 3 feet will give good results. 



The plants should be removed from the flats or pots with care, 

 so that the roots will not be distiu-bed or broken unnecessarily. 

 Holes amply large are made with a hoe, and the moist soil pressed 

 firmly over and around the ball of earth and roots. If the plants 

 are stocky and well hardened (W : 6.3) and properly transplanted, 

 practically every one should live, even if the weather is not en- 

 tirely favorable for transplanting. 



When growing tomatoes on a large scale it is more convenient 

 and less expensive to make furrows for the plants with a plow 

 instead of holes with a hoe. 



1. When should tomato plants be set in the open ground? 



W-VG : 141, 460. L:49. 



2. How far apart should they be planted? 



W-VG : 460. 



3. What are the most important factors in transplanting? Name 



some good methods of transplanting. 

 W-VG : 141-150. L: 49-57. C : 39^1. 



4. How may the plants be protected from frost ? 



16. Companion cropping. — When two or more vegetables are 

 grown together on the same plot of ground, the system of crop- 

 ping is known by various terms, such as companion cropping, 

 double cropping, and intercropping. There are so many success- 

 ful combinations that no attempt will be made here to describe 

 more than one plan, but we would urge the student grower to look 



