Training The Tomatoes

q culUvatiHg tha tomatoe. in large market gardens, the plaots aro ueually piuahed before their final transplanting, íiad thcy uro then left to. grow without any support: but in smali gardens, not only is greatar neatnes observed by taking some pains to train the plants, but the fruit is improved both m quantity and quality. There are several methoda of training. One w.btoh, if not altogether the simplest, is one of the neatest, is described; by Mr. G-. M. Chllds, of Hancock Có., Ijl. " As soon as the plants are large enough, transplant to rich, light soil, one in a hill, and at least five ieet apart each way. At least once a week scoop the earth away from around the plant and pour oa a. quart or more of soap ewds. When the plant cornmences to brancb, cut off the outer branches ; thia will have a tendency to increaoe the size of the stock and cause it to grow buahy, After. the plants are 16 ot 18 inches liigh,Jthey should be providsd with fratnea, I inake mine by splittiüg standards from pine boards, 5i feet loog, and eharpen their lower ends. To these standards are ïiailed slats made by sawing 4 feet laths into three pieoes. The frames are made 1G inches squara, nailing the lower slats at 15 inches from the bottom.of the staudarda, the upper ones at the top, with olhers mid way between the two, Framee made in this way have been in use five years and wjth a little repairing will last some years longer. When the branches extern! beyoijd the slats and over the top of the frame, clip them, leaving ene leaf abovo the fruit sterns and continue to do this throughout the season. ïho plaut trained thus and ehowing its ripe and ripening fruit, foiait) a most beautiful object, and one tüinato grown in this way is worth a dozen as usualiy cultivated. Last year I had 21 planta, from which I gathered an abundance of fruit for table use and eanning, for a fumily of five persons, besidos distributing from five to six bushels arnong my friends. No one necd to be afraid of usiag the knife freely, as there is no dangur that the plant will not h-uit abunilantly'; in my experienco the difiiculty has been to keep it from fruitiog too much."