179 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 
will 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 
