Show for tomatoes W D atwood writing from the he virginia station advocates in the hill for tomatoes ho he fertilizes fertilizes as a rule role with compost round around the plants na as soon as transplanted and by tins this secures heavy crops of fine eno fruit when he lias has no compost a small quantity of chemical fertilizer is used in ill tho ilia hills but it is thoron thoroughly lily libed in before setting the alio plants otherwise it would burn them up tomatoes being very tender in ia this regard applying compost around ill be plant gives the most satisfactory crop hi h i lias has ever grown it is tho the custom in liis his section to fertilize in the hill and no ono one compla complains iris of small to tomatoes matues thus produced |