56 Teuok Geo wing in the South. 



the eggplant If land is plentiful and no irrigation is 

 used, plant 6x3. Lay off rows six feet apart, check three 

 feet; open the six-feet rows with eight-inch shovel, and 

 scatter in the furrow one thousand pounds per acre of the 

 formula previously given. Cover with double shovel. 

 Do this two weeks before setting. When ready to set, run 

 in this fertilizer with a bull tongue, and throw up a ridge 

 with double shovel. If ground is sufficiently moist, 

 punch a hole at each three feet check, and put in the 

 plant half the length of the stalk, pouring in a half pint 

 of water to each plant, and washing the dirt around the 

 roots, nearly filling the hole. If ground is too dry to 

 punch the hole, make a small hole with pointed hoe and 

 pour in half pint of water, and set the plant with fingers 

 before the water has soaked in. No packing is necessary, 

 as the water settles the dirt around llie roots sufficiently. 



Feost Peotbction. 



In all latitudes early setting and protection against 

 frost is advisable for this crop, as it is a continuous bearer, 

 and two weeks added to the shipping season will nearly 

 always double the value of the crop. The writer has 

 used various kinds of covers and would prefer the tomato 

 basket used with the six-basket tomato carrier. This cov- 

 ering has saved plants at a temperature of 24, and can be 

 allowed to remain for seven days, and the baskets can be 

 used for shipping tomatoes or peppers later in the season. 

 During the past season large size butter trays, which were 

 tight, were used alongside the tomato basket, and the 

 plants covered by the trays suffered far worse than those 

 covered by tomato baskets. 



