December, 1917 
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A well-trained tomato vine shows com¬ 
paratively little foliage. Bamboo or 
metal stakes make the best supports 
the day, and on bright sunny days 
when the ventilators can be 
opened, a rise of 12° or even 15° 
is not at all harmful—in fact, it 
is beneficial. 
The warm vegetables named in 
the order of their value as food 
crops, are bush beans, bush limas, 
tomatoes, cucumbers, egg plant 
and peppers. These may be con¬ 
sidered as companion crops, for 
all may be grown under similar 
conditions, but it is not advisable 
to have too great variety in a 
small greenhouse. 
The cool house gives the larg¬ 
est returns; lettuce, cauliflower, spinach—both 
the New Zealand and the broad-leaved types— 
carrots, beets, peas, green onions, radishes and 
parsley. Under the benches in the cool house, 
rhubarb, chicory, asparagus, sea kale and 
mushrooms can be grown. A heated frame 
may also be used for the forcing of any of 
the cool vegetables. Some of the more hardy, 
such as spinach, radishes and lettuce, may even 
be grown in a cold frame by properly banking 
them with manure and putting plenty of cov¬ 
ering over the glass during extreme weather. 
Beans and Tomatoes 
Beans are undoubtedly the most profitable 
crop that can be grown in the greenhouse, and 
sowings made every three weeks will give a 
supply during the entire winter. The seeds 
are sown in drills about 15" apart crosswise 
of the bench, and when they start making top 
growth a little brush between the plants will 
keep them from getting injured during spray¬ 
ing and cultivating, and will also help to sup¬ 
port the crop. Black Valentine and Bountiful 
are good forcing varieties. 
Bush limas are a little more exacting than 
bush beans. One sowing is all that is neces¬ 
sary, as they are continuous croppers. The 
rows should be 2' apart, and when the shoots 
show any disposition to "run” they should be 
The greenhouse cucumber when well 
grown should be from 12" to 18" long, 
well formed and perfectly symmetrical 
pinched back; liquid feeding with 
manure water should be prac¬ 
ticed after the plants have started 
to bear. Any of the standard 
beans may be used for this pur¬ 
pose, such as The Don, Dreer’s 
and Henderson. 
Tomatoes are forced in enor¬ 
mous quantities for the winter 
market at the present time, but 
considering their wonderful pos¬ 
sibilities and the comparative ease 
with which they may be grown, 
there is no reason why the tomato 
should not be a staple in winter 
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Seeds are sown in flats, 
an d when the young 
plants show signs of 
crowding they should 
be transplanted 
Setting the little potted 
plants in their new lo¬ 
cations is easily accom¬ 
plished with the aid of 
a trowel 
The soil in the flats 
must be reasonably rich, 
well prepared and fine 
enough for the rootlets 
to penetrate easily 
