The Delta independent., 1900-03-30
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snad ess0ae and tonato esltDfs y from
he httls bouk setitlsd. "Liviasseoa ssd
he Toosto.- publishsd By A. ". Lv-
inestoo 4 Son. sssdmse. Columbus. O..
vhich book should b. 10 tho hsnds u
svsry psrson Who expects to raise totna-
toss for the Delta csnp-ry.
Thsss are made like common hotb~d' :
only not 70 deep nor having so much
manurs-ten inches is enough-;n them
under the soil. 20 il is not necsaaary to
dig out - dsep Tor them, these srs
covered With glass, or what 10 much
cheaper and moro easily banded they
may b. envsrsd With hotbei "i!sd cloth.
or -Piaut Bed Cloth" as seedsmen csil
Il. BY tsckisg it to light frames, three
test wide by six feet long. they can be
ussd most haudily. The e cold frames
are for receiving the plants when the
grower drst trxnp!ants them from the
hotbsds, or resets again I" keep them
-stalky." 1t also gives them more room
70 grow, and a. it il uos 50 warm. tho
plants are got little bardier for out
door life wheu the frosts come on no
Does.
The plants should be lifted ont With
Q 9ardsn trowel. put INTO shallow trsy.
and .picked out with dibbls. or
anglo transpIsntine trowel. into cold
francs. They should be set three or
four inches apart. and ro~sd straight
bosh ways. They grow we'll. AID work
sasily this way with the hand wesder.
This makes it poss,be, also to prune
ths roots BY PAS ng . kn 10 midway
bstvsss the plants, each way " tho
sovs, about once . week. win the
result of keeping the plants short and
stout, 1t 10 an advantage. t'". when
ths asaf transplantins comes. - you
cskShs THE sarthsn cubs Of three s
fo,IS iuchss Dimensions along With tho
p,set, and II will hardly recognise that
It ~ gone "out into tn" world. ana
ean now make tht most of itsef without
apy great hindrance in getting started
in Me-"
Gvi,h t. remark here, thst vho"ves
lasspr, at this kind Of work should COO.
stsstIy study what conditions arc best
Sos his plants throughout all the changes
tkSv must make; and slso. how be- can
usst cbsaply sod convenisntly sn ''d
thsp thsss gond cooditioos. ln one
seaaepcs. study to do the best thing
safBsst; Tor labor. time. or szpenss. ssved
hsb,tually. - almost equivslsnt :" es'h
isSasd.
Hss Csnnsrs. OF those Who FRO" v"
49,. so hosbsd = Dssdsd. oo'y ths"s
eojd fr,nss fos earliest, - oos tram
p,s.ting vill assvss. Lsrgs growsU
1sasius oaly for this o. rssstting. They
p,sst suoseA Issss % thst the vssahss
i psG ensd ssouxh to demand more heat
thss thsss s0ord. lodsed. many ot
thsss sssssss sov the sesd In drills 10
shs osss cd, 10 rich soil. about the
oiadIs q April. and rssst from thss"
so~s 10 the Ssld. The risk b too greet.
Il vos,a ~ sSstss TO build and We
oo,d tsan6as. Tbe latest crop may BE-
sisksd this way. by planting the drst OF
lgav. Ths cold france arc % sdvantaEs
bscauss they arc msans BY which p'sots
seauirs ags without growing ts'' snd
sciudline. and % bssr earlier after they
srs sst out 10 the field. sod arc lees
stuntsd BY the trsosfer. Tho impor-
tspcs Of "stalky" plants cannot bs
over estimated. However, nyour plants
doRst TOO tall and slender bv the limo
yuv d 70 sisk them "out Of door," do
not throw them away. but do ono OF t"o
things. either pull them and "te'! them
ip." - fruit men say Of ,rees-that 10
nut them IN buaches OF twenty five or
fsty, and cover the roots in the ground;
water we'll, and when 1t 10 sosked away
euvcr psssss With dry sarta pretty well
% On the stalks. Or you can let them
grow aod then transplant. by letting
The stalk lis along in tho furro~. cov-r-
iaG Il Nth STOUT the sa"e depth OF
go oeDooonIy .sts a plapt. and
Ssstihg ooly % much Of tho top sbov-
sropsd - can hold up it's head. II
V,ll 81 DO to set thsm dep in the
erossd. - they will rot of; bot ~ sbove
4 b q sdvast.gs because at the joints
suooo vill gro~ out and feel the plant
ooeS than comm m. and force it faster
thss o&Asswise. Indeed, some growers
uan, this 10 the bes: way to get an early
sad productive crop.
NCsSd fssusss Tor IN acre. With plants
- = directed .boye. viz: three inches
eseA Gay from each other, would re-
Auiss - BE- thitly foot long BY sig feet
vids. Of its equivalent IN shorter bsds.
n pss il ~ souod nu@bsrs. 40 ounce
Il Spoaso sssd has 1880 seeds: By this