----- Original Message ----- From: Red & Pat Anthony <redpata@hypertech.net> To: <TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 03, 1999 4:00 PM Subject: [TNGIBSON-L] Farming from yesterday > In my recent notes with Charles McCollum about "gathering corn", I asked him if he knew what the term "suckering and tying" referred to. He didn't know, I wonder if there's anyone out there that knows. If you were raised around the Fruitland area you should. Red Anthony > thony > > I'm not sure what that referred to in Gibson Co. but "suckering and trying" refers to breaking off the suckers that grow on tomato plants at junction of the stalk and the branches and you have to tie the stalks to poles to keep the plants from falling over under the weight of the fruit. Randy Martin