FIG. 22—TOMATO PLANT TRAINED TO SINGLE STAKE
FIG. 23—METHOD OF TRAINING TO THREE STEMS IN FORCING-HOUSE AND OUT OF DOORS
Some growers allow two or three (Fig. 23) instead of one shoot to grow, selecting for the second the most vigorous of the shoots starting from below the first cluster of fruit. In some locations they stop or pinch out the main shoot just above the first leaf above the third or fourth cluster; in some soils it is an advantage and in others rather a disadvantage to do this. I have seldom practiced it. When fruit at the lowest cost a bushel is the desideratum, neither pruning nor staking is desirable.
FIG. 24—METHOD OF TRAINING ON LINE IN GREENHOUSE
FIG. 25—READY TO TRANSPLANT IN GREENHOUSE
(Redrawn from photo by New York Experiment Station)