For several years I have taken special pains in the cultivation of a superior kind of tomatoes. They are very large and smooth, perfectly solid inside, and of the finest and richest flavor. Their reputation is firmly established here and wherever else they are known. I received, last evening, a letter from a gentleman in Brooklyn, in your State, requesting some practical directions about trimming and training them. The following is a copy of my reply:

The laterals, as they appear, should be taken off from the tomatoes up to the first blossom bud. When they have reached the height desired, they should be shortened in. This is done by nipping off the terminal buds. A trellis upon which to train them is readily made by setting stakes behind each row slanting very considerably backward. On these, lath may be nailed about a foot apart or wires may be stretched. Each branch of the tomatoes will need to be tied at first, but afterwards it will be sufficient to run twine from stake to stake in front of them. Mine have been trimmed and trained in that manner for many years. They are now about six feet high and have been'shortened in twice. They are as healthy, and thrifty, and full of fruit as one could wish. The fruit or vine thus treated is as much superior to that obtained without trimming or training, as is the rich, luscious peach from the topmost bough to the green and tasteless specimens from the middle or shady side of the trees. Charles Robinson - New Haven.