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4. The plants, being under the control of 
the grower, can be ripened off better in the 
fall. 
5. Pots require only a small space, so that 
few or many may be in houses of differ- 
ent temperatures, or the pots may contain 
plants in several stages of producing fruits. 
6. The convenience of pots — light, easy to 
handle, very little storage place needed, etc. 
The principal drawback to pot culture is 
the first expense, the purchasing of pots; but 
with reasonable care they will last several 
years. Then the expense of bench and pot 
culture should be about the same. 
After the potted plant has been removed 
from the field it is taken to the potting shed 
to be shifted to a larger sized pot, usually a 
six-inch one, sometimes called a fruiting 
pot. The soil used at this time can be 
either the same as that of the bed, or may 
be three parts sod compost to one part 
sharp sand, with about one pint of very fine 
ground bone to every bushel of soil. Of 
course potsherds or some material for drain- 
age should be placed in the bottom of each 
pot to allow for ample drainage. This is 
doubly necessary because large quantities 
