Excerpt from J. G. Harrison and Sons Nurseries: Spring 1904
Keep all blossoms picked off in the new setting. Cultivate and toe often to destroy the weeds as soon as they appear, and to 'put and keep the ground in good condition for the young plants. We use the hoe among them as long as we can, cultivating between the rows until late in the fall.
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