A-B-C OF VEGETABLE GARDENING 



which many persons admire. When planted in 

 the background, with fine-fohaged plants like 

 carrot or parsley in front of it, the effect will 

 be extremely pleasing because of the contrast 

 of color, and also of habit. The red pepper, 

 planted where it can show its brilliantly 

 colored fruit against the green of some plant, 

 will give a bit of brightness that will not 

 fail to be appreciated by those who have a 

 keen eye for color-harmony. It is well to 

 plan for these touches of the artistic, even 

 in the vegetable garden. 



Tomatoes are often grown on racks and 

 trellises. Where this is done there will be 

 no danger of the fruit's decaying, as is often 

 the case when the plants are given no sup- 

 port and their branches come in contact 

 with the ground. 



It is a good idea to scatter clean, dry 

 straw under the plants after they begin to 

 set fruit. 



It is also a good plan to pinch off the ends 



of some of the tomato- vines after the first 



liberal setting of fruit. This throws the 



strength of the plant into the development 



of the fruit that has set, instead of into the 



production of new branches which are not 



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