OF INTEREST TO FRUIT GROWERS. 



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Fertilizers for Tomatoes 



JAMES TITTERINGTON, ST. CATHARINES, ONT. 



FOR early tomatoes I use a fertilizer 

 manufactured in the United States. 

 The guaranteed analysis of it is four per 

 cent, nitrogen, eight per cent, phosphoric 

 acid, and seven per cent, potash. I have 

 had very satisfactory results from its use. 



I generally broadcast about 500 pounds to 

 the acre, harrowing it well in. I also use 

 about the same quantity when setting out 

 the plants, putting a small handful in each 

 hill, mixing it well with the soil. The plants 

 are set four and a half feet apart each way. 

 I try to get part of the plants out as early 

 in May as the weather will permit, using 

 round peach baskets to cover them on cool 

 nights. I have always found that from the 

 first set plants, even if small, we get our first 

 ripe tomatoes. 



"I 



Tomatoes and Cauliflower 



SOW my tomato seed in hot beds 

 about the last of March," said Mr. 

 James Conboy, of North Dovercourt to a 

 representative of The Horticulturist who 

 visited his place. "As soon as all danger of 

 frost is past I set the plants out in rows four 

 feet apart and 30 inches apart in the row. 

 To set them any farther apart is only wast- 

 ing land. To grow tomatoes successfully 

 it is not wise to make the land too rich, as 

 they run too much to vines, and the fruit is 

 scanty. The chief point to watch is con- 

 tinual cultivation to conserve moisture and 

 keep down all weeds. The best commer- 

 cial varieties here are Dominion Day and 

 Atlantic Prize. 



GROWING CAULIFLOWER. 



" I grow good cauliflower because I have 

 good soil and do plenty of cultivating. 

 About May 24 I scatter the seed in rows 

 about eight inches apart. Between July i 

 and 12. on a cloudy day, I set the plants out 

 in rows three feet apart and 20 inches apart 



in the row. In case I fail to get a dark 

 day 1 give the young plants one good 

 watering and then none only what Provi- 

 dence sends. 



"Good soil, with a coat of ordinary stable 

 manure, ensures a good crop of cauliflow- 

 ers tne first season, and the land is left in 

 ideal condition for an onion crop the fol- 

 lowing spring. From my experience I con- 

 clude that a dark loam is most suitable for 

 cauliflowers. The best paying varieties 

 here are Gilt Edge and Earlv Selected 

 Dwarf Erfult." 



Tar in the Greenhouse 



ii npHE lettuce in my brother's green- 

 X house," remarked Mr. G. Sime, of 

 Carlton West, recently, " has died, and he 

 thinks it is due to the fact that he put tar 

 both on the inside and the outside of the 

 boards used in the walls of the greenhouse. 

 After the lettuce was planted it grew all 

 right but died within two or three days. As 

 there was nothing else unusual about the 

 greenhouse it seemed probable that the odor 

 from the tar was the cause of the trouble." 



" That was it," broke in Mr. R. Larkin, 

 of 599 Eastern avenue, who happened to be 

 present, " I tarred the bottoms of the 

 trenches in my greenhouse and it killed all 

 my green stuff. Later on I took the 

 trenches out and I had no trouble with my 

 plants." 



" I had tar paper in my celery house," 

 said Mr. F. F. Reeves, of Humber Bay, 

 " and it was possible to taste the tar in the 

 celery. There was manure on the outside 

 of the house, and I think it prevented the 

 odor of the tar from escaping. I do not use 

 tar paper now, having double boarded the 

 celerv house instead." 



Good seed is essential to a good garden. 

 Cheap seed may mean a little saving at the 

 start, but its efifect will be seen in the har- 

 vest. Bew^are of the cheap seedsman. 



