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Edgewood

June 4^th 1912

Soon after the opening of the meeting
the 1st Reader, Catherine Janney, read "How
to grow prize winning tomatoes; Select a
good piece of ground and use plenty
of fertilizer, plow or spade deep, mark off
rows, two feet one way, four feet the other
way, which will admit of cultivation as
long as the season lasts; then place stakes
or small poles 5 ft. high, for each plant
pick out some smooth, mealy variety: place
one plant on the south side of each stake
about four inches from it train it to the
stake tying with binder twine or strips
of cloth, which are better than twine. Many
when they vines are rank two branches will
start from the top, clip one off, allowing only
one to grow to the height of five feet, then
clip the tops and keep them clipped which
will hasten the ripening; pinch off all side
branches. By following this method you
will have nice rows of vines hanging
full of large clusters of tomatoes instead
of a garden full of vines. One
tomato from a peck that took first prize
tipped the scales at two pounds.:

C.P. Bowles in Southern Planter.
2nd article from Howard Co. Maryland told
of the dishonest tricks of Exhibitors at
Poultry shows. The white birds were blued
and others being dressed up with