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11.25 
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11.25 
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4.00 
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10.00 
1.10 
Dunlap . 
11.25 
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Ekey . 
11.25 
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BRIDGMAN NURSERY CO., Box 80 Bridgman, I 
Hotbed Details 
Part I. 
Tiie Tomato Crop. —One of our great¬ 
est crops down here in Maryland is to¬ 
matoes, as you will realize if you look ac 
the label on the next can of tomatoes you 
buy at your grocery. We raise two crops, 
the early and the late, or main crop, 
which is of course the one that fills most 
of those cans, and for which thousands 
upon thousands of acres are contracted 
by the canning houses every year, at so 
much per ton. It was $15 last year in 
this neighborhood (Somerset County). 
But we are more and more turning our 
attention to the early crop, if one may 
judge from the number of new hotbeds 
being constructed. With this crop v.e 
have two chances—either to hit the right 
market in New York on slicing fruit, or, 
missing that, we can still sell at a smaller 
profit to the local cannery. We start this 
crop in hotbeds from the 15th to the.20th 
of February. 
Locating the IIotbed. —There are 
two essentials to be remembered in the 
location of a hotbed. It must be handy, 
or it is certain not to get proper atten¬ 
tion, and it must be protected from the 
everlasting and persevering old farm hen. 
Most of the hotbed failures I have seen 
have been in hotbeds that were ideally 
located as to southern exposure and pro¬ 
tection from northern winds, but were 
too long a step from the house. The most 
successful ones are generally in the kitch¬ 
en garden. 
Construction. —We dig our beds from 
8 to 12 in. deep, banking the dirt to the 
north, and are generally walled with 
boards. The old aristocrats in this coun¬ 
ty used brick, and the modern aristocrats 
use concrete, but %-in. boards are cheap¬ 
est, of course. Most hotbed sash is 6 ft. 
long, so that is the general width of our 
beds. An important point is to have a 
good slope to the sash. We want the top 
or northern side of the bed at least 6 in. 
higher than the southern side. A com¬ 
mon sash here is about G ft. 3 in. Jong by 
3 ft. 3 in. wide, with three rows of 8x10 
in. glass. Some succesful workers, for 
more strength, sunlight and durability 
(which can be questioned) say a sash of 
four rows of 6x8 in. glass. This is not 
half as important as a little care of the 
sash after the season is over—a rare 
thing. If there are not cross pieces on 
the bed for the sash to rest and slide on, 
it takes two men to handle the sash, and 
awkwardly ‘at that. A 2x4 in. piece laid 
flat, with a % or 1-in. strip nailed along 
the center that acts as a guide, gives 
about 1 in. bearing surface along each 
edge of the sash, and keeps it always in 
place, like a window, and there is never 
the trouble of the sash falling into the 
bed. 
Starting tiie Bed.— Along through 
the Winter we have raked and hauled up 
from the woods several loads of “shats” 
(pine shats, [line shatters, dry pine 
needles) and piled them near the beds, 
and in February we clean up and repair 
for the season. The claim is made that 
horse manure is best for hotbed work, 
but we use any manure we have that is 
not old nor has been exposed to the 
weather. The point is to spread it even¬ 
ly and tramp it well. Don’t have any 
pockets or holes in it—keep it forked or 
raked down smoothly as you tramp it. 
We put this manure in about 1 ft. deep 
and cover it with a layer of 4 to 6 in. of 
rich light soil smoothly and firmly packed 
down. Some now wait for a few days 
for the heat to come off the bed, but our 
best practice is to plant the seed as soon 
as the bed is filled. 
Sowing the Seed.' —A sharp-edged 
strip as long as the bed is wide is firmed 
into the soil, and in the groove thus made 
the seeds are sown as thinly as possible 
by hand. We plant in this way eight 
rows to a sash, and an ounce will sow 
three sash, producing from 3,000 to 5,000 
plants. When planting to sell plants, 
which is quite an extensive business—as 
much as an ounce can be sown to a sash, 
producing, of course, crowded, spindling 
and weak, undesirable plants. 
Watering and Ventilating. —One 
has to use common sense judgment as to 
watering and ventilation of the bed. and 
therein is a great deal of the art of the 
game. One whole planting was lost in 1 
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