. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 2520. The old-time forms of Tomatoes —rt gular and the '* smooth. TOMATO shipped long distances almost as readily and safely as the apple and more so than the peach, and which, picked and stored on shelves, will prolong the season of fresh Tomatoes from one's own garde
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 2520. The old-time forms of Tomatoes —rt gular and the '* smooth. TOMATO shipped long distances almost as readily and safely as the apple and more so than the peach, and which, picked and stored on shelves, will prolong the season of fresh Tomatoes from one's own garden till Christmas time. And to please the eye we have the Golden Queen, of clear yellow with a beautiful red cheek, or the White Apple —nearly white— or the Peach, covered with bloom and as beautiful in color as a peach. For pick- ling we have the Red Plum and Yellow Plum, the Red Pear- Shaped and the Yel- low Pear-Shaped, the Red Cherry and the Yellow Cherry, and the cherry-like exquisite- flavored Burbank's Preserving. Every season there are new and more or less dis- tinct varieties added to the lists; and very truly of the making of new varieties of Tomato, like the making of books, there is no end. •^. jl. Tract. Tomatoes Under General Field should be started in hotbeds. To make the beds, select a sheltered place on the south side of a bank or erect some shelter on the north side from where the hot- bed is to be made. Dig a hole about a foot deep, 8 feet wide and as long as needed; 18 feet long will give room enough to grow plants for twelve acres of Toma- toes. Use fresh stable manure; cart it out in a pile and let it lay three or four days, then work it over until it gets good and hot, then put it into the hole prepared for it, 8 X 18 feet, about 18 inches thick. Then place the frame, 6 x 16 feet, on the manure; that will leave one foot manure outside of the frame; by this means the heat will be just as great at the edge of the bed as it is in
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