LESSONS ON TOMATOES FOR RURAL SCHOOLS. 13 
LESSON NINE. 
TOPICS: TRAINING, PRUNING. AND CULTIVATING. 
month: may. 
Lesson outline . — Training: Immediately after the plants are set a 
stake (fig. 3) should be driven down securely by each one of them. 
For this purpose use saplings, mill edgings, or inch strips. As the 
Fig. 3.— Tomato plants properly trained by use of posts and twine. 
plants grow tie them to the stake with soft twine. This is accom- 
plished by looping the string around the stake and tying the tomato 
plant loosely so as not to interfere with its growth. Frames may be 
used instead of stakes, but they are much more expensive and no 
more satisfactory. Frames should be about 18 inches square at the 
base and 24 inches square at the top. Set the frames before the plants 
begin to spread. 
