Plan No. 704. Father Learns a New Trick
Early frosts are the bane of the tomato grower. When a severe one seemed due one February night in Florida, both a little girl, who had one-tenth of an acre planted, and her father, who had three, got busy covering up their plants. “Father” put tomato baskets over the plants to protect them, and so did Anna, but she did not stop at that; she placed a handful of soil on top of each of her baskets. It required some time, but it was time well spent, for when the baskets were removed Anna’s plants were just as fresh as before the freeze, while “Father’s” had suffered considerably. When the first picking was made in the latter part of March, her father gathered thirteen crates from his three acres, while the girl gathered eleven from one-tenth acre, from which a net profit of $175 was made.