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a little fertilize to each plant. and how fast they grew I saw first bloom May the 25th and first fruit June the 3rd. Ripe fruit July the 4th my patch was hurt bad with wilt I lost from 75 to 80 plants with nice tomatoes on I sowed the other half of stone tomato seed in cold frame May the 1st and transplanted and set in patch with nothing aded only the manure that was put on before plowed I used Bordeary mixture for insect so canning time came and I enjoyed the work better then any of the other work. I was sorry to go and see the wilting of my plants though still was left on my tenth of and acre enough for 4.50 cans of tomatoes and also I planted a variety of other things in all will be 5.00 cans at this writing I have tomatoes on my first setting the tallest are