GROWING EARLY TOMATOES 



J. h. HILBORX, I 



FOR the best success in growing' earl}' 

 tomatoes for market it is necessary 

 to have a greenhouse in which to grow the 

 plants. There are about 30 of these in the 

 vicinity of Leamiington, which are used al- 

 most entirely for the growitig of tomato 

 plants. 



We start the seeds in flat lx)xcs made one 

 by two feet and four or five inches deep. 

 We sow the seeds the first or second week 

 in Marsh. When the plants have de- 

 veloped four to six rough leaves they are 

 pricked out into other flats in rows two or 

 three inches apart each way. They are 

 grown here until they begin to crowd each 

 other, when they are again transplanted 

 into flats which are divided into spaces about 

 four inches square by using veneer parti- 

 tions. The plants are grown in these until 

 they again l)egin to crowd, when they are 

 transplanted and given a space six inches 



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each, which gives six plants to a tray where 

 the trays are used. 



Some growers use other forms of trays 

 and some use scjuare veneer boxes 5 x 5 or 

 6x6, but all use some form of box so that 

 they can aransplant into the field without 

 disturbing the roots. We set the plants 

 four by six feet and cultivate and hoe often 

 until the fruits begin to ripen. 



Last season we trimmed alx)ut 3,000 

 plants, allowing but two stems to grow. 

 These were tied to stakes and suckers were 

 kept off. Where this was practised a much 

 finer quality of fruit was obtained, but it was 

 hardly so early in ripening and the yield was 

 lighter. The most serious hindrance to 

 the success of this industry that we 

 have to contend with is the great quan- 

 tity of cheap imported stock that is found 

 on the market when ours are being har- 

 vested. 



VARIETIES OF VEGETABLES FOR A HOME GARDEN 



PROF. H. L. HUTT, ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,, GUELPH. 



1"* HE following varieties of vegetables 

 should give excellent satisfaction 

 when grown in the home garden : 



Beans. — Sumimer, Golden Wax ; autumn. 

 Burpee's Bush Lima ; winter. Navy. Sow 

 when danger of spring frost is past. 



Beets. — Globe, Egyptian Turnip ; long. 

 Long Smooth Blood. Sow as soon as 

 ground is fit to work. Thin when small to 

 three inches apart and take out every other 

 one as soon as they are large enough to use. 



■Carrots. — Chantenay, Scarlet Nantes. 

 Sow early and thin the same as beets. 



Cabbage. — Early, Winningstadt : late. 

 Flat Dutch, Savoy ; red, Mammoth Rock. 

 Sow seed of early variety in ihot-(be<ii aibout 

 middle of Marsh and transplant to open 

 ground about end of April. Sow seed of 

 late varieties in the open ground about end 

 of ]\Iay, and transplant about July i. 



Cauliflower. — Extra Early Erfurt, Early 

 Snowball. Treat the same as cabbage. 



Celery. — Early, White Plume ; medium, 

 Paris Golden Yellow ; late, Giant Pascal. 

 Sow seed in seed box or liot-bed about first 

 of yiay. Prick out into flats or cold frame, 

 when an inch high, and transplant into 

 trenches four or five feet apart about July i. 



Corn. — Early, White Cory ; medium. 

 Metropolitan ; late, Countr}- Gentleman, 

 Stowell's Evergreen. Sow about May i, 

 and if plants are injured b}- cold or frost 

 sow again about May 24. 



Citron. — Colorado Preserving. Sow in 

 hills about eight feet apart when danger of 

 frost is over. 



Cucumiber. — White Spine, for slicing ; 

 Cool and Crisp, for pickling and slicing. 

 Sow in hills about four feet apart when 

 dansfer of frost is over. 



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