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History of a Club Tomato Garden.
In the early spring ( February, 1912) I joined the Girl's Tomato Club of Catawba County. I had never done real work.
By real work I mean work in which I had to put a great deal of time and energy, could do just as I thought best, and would have all the profits as my own to use as I pleased.
I received a packet of tomato seeds from the United States Department of Agriculture immediately after joining the Club.
The hot bed in which the seeds were sown, March 18, was four feet long and two feet wide, and lay on the north side of a building in order that it may be protected from the cold north winds.
Two weeks after sowing the little plants appeared. That plant-bed was enough to discourage anyone. There were scarcely
one