. Dreer's Open-air vegetables. Vegetable gardening. [from old catalog]. lOO DREER S OPEN-AIR VEGETABLES. grown plants in time for open-ground operations in May. In four or five weeks from date of seeding it will be necessary to transplant into more roomy and preferably cooler quarters, in order that the young plants may be made strong and stocky by the sun and air. If transferred from hotbeds to cold frames about the middle of April, and given a little protection besides the glass when the nights are especially cool, the sashes may be removed early in May, to be replaced only in case of frost,
. Dreer's Open-air vegetables. Vegetable gardening. [from old catalog]. lOO DREER S OPEN-AIR VEGETABLES. grown plants in time for open-ground operations in May. In four or five weeks from date of seeding it will be necessary to transplant into more roomy and preferably cooler quarters, in order that the young plants may be made strong and stocky by the sun and air. If transferred from hotbeds to cold frames about the middle of April, and given a little protection besides the glass when the nights are especially cool, the sashes may be removed early in May, to be replaced only in case of frost, and the plants will be ready for the open ground by May 20. Such plants will produce fruit sometimes in July and always in August. Four feet apart each way in the open ground is a good planting distance. Tomato seed sown in the open ground in May will give plants that will yield fruit in September. The Tomato crop belongs to the farm garden rather than to the market garden, on ac- count of the area of ground occupied. The New Jersey truckers plant large fields with this vegetable, and supply the Philadelphia markets to a great extent. The Tomato of THE STONE TOMATO. coursc has a place in every family garden ; and private gardeners frequently start the plants in pots, under glass, and have them ready to bear fruit in the open air in June. The matter of stakes or trellises is purely one of conveni- ence. In a ten-acre patch in New Jersey it would be wholly out of the question to use trellises, while in every small garden the trellis, stake or frame should be employed. In under-glass work the vines are always supported, and the extra work is warranted in all limited areas by the finer and more perfect fruit thus Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dreer, Henry A. [from old catalog]. Phila
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