While the tomato will produce a fair crop under almost any circumstances, there is no crop that will more amply repay good care and attention. The soil best suited to it is a light loam, which should be, for a general crop, made rich ; in fact there is no possibility of getting it too rich, if the plants can have light and air in proportion. The finest crop we have ever seen grown was produced as follows: The hills, eight feet apart each way, were dug out to the depth of two feet; in the bottom of each was put half a bushel of well rotted manure, which was well packed down; the hole was then filled with loam and manure in equal proportions. The plants (Trophy) were started in a hot-bed, and transferred to hills the first week in June. The plants were set with care, so that they did not receive a check in growth, and came quickly into fruit, the six hills producing more fruit than the family of eight persons could consume.

For field culture the soil should be plowed deep, the manure being applied broadcast. Harrow smooth, and mark out the hills six feet apart each way ; and at the bottom of each hill put in an additional shovel of well rotted manure, which should be well incorporated into the soil. In setting the plants always puddle them in, using at least a pint of water to each plant; press the earth, or mud, firmly about the plant; then cover the surface with dry soil, very loose. This may seem expensive, and so it is. To set an acre of plants in this way will cost four times as much as in the ordinary way, but the yield will be more than double. An acre will produce, if the soil is suitable, with the application of fifty dollars' worth of manure, 800 bushels, which is more than double, perhaps treble as much as can be grown when planted in the ordinary manner.