. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. good-sized ball of earth with the plant, thus establishing thefoundling in its new place without serious disturbance of the should ordinarily be set just a little deeper than they stood intheir previous place. It is not wise to set warm-blooded plants like tcmatoes and cucumbersexceedingly early, as they may be seriously stunted by cold weather, eventhough there be no frost. Nevertheless, some gardeners set out a few plantsvery early, expecting to replace them if necessary. Cultivation.—The word cultivatio
. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. good-sized ball of earth with the plant, thus establishing thefoundling in its new place without serious disturbance of the should ordinarily be set just a little deeper than they stood intheir previous place. It is not wise to set warm-blooded plants like tcmatoes and cucumbersexceedingly early, as they may be seriously stunted by cold weather, eventhough there be no frost. Nevertheless, some gardeners set out a few plantsvery early, expecting to replace them if necessary. Cultivation.—The word cultivation is a general term used in two orthree different ways. As here applied, it refers to the maintenance of a thinlayer of loose soil upon the surface of the garden throughout as much aspossible of the growing season. This mulch is of great value in retainingmoisture, in keeping the soil in good phj^sical condition and in checking thegrowth of weeds. In small gardens the hand hoe and hand weeder willserve every purpose without undue labor. Even more universally used than. Sowing from Seed Package or Ex-\t:lope. 52 SUCCESSFUL FARMING the mechanical drill is the man-power wheel hoe, with its diversity of toolsadapted for all sorts of soil stirring. Such implements are found useful,even though the rows be no more than forty feet long. In larger gardens,horse implements should be used as far as possible. In either case, it will benecessary to employ hand tools for maintaining the mulch between plantsin the row. There is available a wider variety of tools and implements forcultivation than for any other type of garden work. These must beselected in accordance with the character of the soil, the crops, and the indi-
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