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hundred plants in all. I decided I wold do my very best with these few, as they were better than none, at all. I used some of mother's plants to complete the number I needed. I watered these every evening and sprayed these once each week with the Bordeaux Mixture.
When they were about two inches tall (April 27) they were transplanted in a larger bed. They were placed about three inches apart both lengthwise and crosswise. The soil around them was kept loosened with an old fork, and they were still watered and sprayed regularly.
When about five inches high they were transplanted a second time (May 1) about four inches apart each way. They were cultivated with the fork and grew up, not very tall, but strong and healthful.
They were about ten inches high when they were transplanted in the garden (May 22). With the roots of