Show TOMATOES ARE BEST IF RIGHTLY PRUNED it fruit Is larger cleaner and su P chor in flavor grown in home garden staking and pruning require little brou trou trouble b Is and will fully repay trouble say specialists by the united cited stat stam department ot of agriculture A thrifty tomato plant left to itself will spread over a space front from 4 to 0 3 feekin beef in diameter and will produce a peck or more ot of tomatoes if staked anti and pruned it will yield about the same quantity of fruit the tomatoes will lie be larger cleaner butter better flavored and superior in every respects respect anti and enough space can bo be conserved to ac flye five other plants cared for in a similar triner inn mi say garden of oc the united states depart anent of agriculture the staked and pruned plants ere are easily sprayed anti and will rill continue to produce fruit later in the fall than plants which ere are allowed to spread naturally As it a rule also tho the pruned tomatoes will vill mature earlier on the scale on which tomatoes are grown la in the home garden ing and pruning require little trouble and will fully repay the effort when the plants begin making a vigorous growth shoots will appear in the little pockets where each lent joins the stem later the blossoms appear on the opposite side of tile the stem in pruning the plant remove all these vide side shoots arid those around the base of the plant being careful not to disturb the blossom clusters the shoots diled suckers should be pin pinched clied off shortly after they appear I 1 the main stein can be carried carded to the full height of tile the stake then allowed to hang over ever ily hy tills this time six sir or bev cven blossom clusters clust cra on which the file fruit lit Is developing should be set A on the stem |