HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 
EGGPLANTS— PLANTING OUT AND 
CULTIVATION 
T NO NOT be in a great hurry to set out whatever plants 
you have secured. Cool nights do not agree with 
this child of the tropics. About June 1st, when both soil 
and season have become thoroughly warm, select the 
richest spot in the garden. Dig holes, about six inches 
deep, a foot in diameter, two feet apart each way, and put 
a large shovelful of manure or humus into them. 
Fill balance of hole with soil and set a plant into each 
spot so prepared. Do not disturb the roots if it can be 
helped. Press soil firmly around them and keep on the 
lookout for potato bugs that are apt to attack the young 
plants. Pick off and destroy them, or dust the plants 
with Slug Shot. Kept rapidly growing by constant cul- 
tivation, eggplants will quickly outgrow insect. 
Eggplants will stand a remarkable amount of drout 
so long as the soil between them is kept loose by constant 
hoeing, but large fruits water once a week. 
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