History of tomatoe club work

1915 History of tomatoe club work Lena McLamb in Gold, N.C.

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Last winter two years agoe I became a member of the Tomatoe club work which I enjoyed very mutch the next summer.

So the next winter I signed my name as a member again.

In the Spring when it began to get warm enugh to plant we seed I planted two packs of the stone tomatoe seed March 9th in a cold frame which I covered over with canvas cloth to keep the cold from killing the plants when they came up.

In a few weeks I had a large bead covered with small plants.

And as soon as the plants got up about 6 inches high, I set them out May 12th about 4 ft apart. then I kept them worked and sprayed, and

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soon they had grown to be large plants and the 1 day of time I saw two or three blooms.

So I kept workening the plants and watching them till they grew to be large plants and one day I saw some small fruit forming where the blooms had been and fallen off.

So I kept watching them and finaly one day I went out and found a red [?] tomatoe of whitch I pulled and admired I the house for dinner.

And then they began to ripen and it wasent very long before I had enough to begin canning so I had already ordered my canner and cans

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And they were there ready, and the first day. I canned was very pleasant and cool and I canned right by myself.

I canned two cans that day then the next day I canned a few more and [illegible] more of different things till finaly I have a neat stack of cans I caned full of peaches, apples tomatoes peas, corn, vegetable syoup [?], and most every thing that you can think think of allmost. Which I am expecting to sell most of them and have money of my own to spend to the very best way that I can.