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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



March, 1914. 



RENNIE'S 



LX.L. 

 TOMATO 



EXTREMELY EARLY, 



WONDERFULLY 



PROLIFIC 



A ueek earlier thaD the Earliana. 

 More productive than the ('halk's 

 Jewel. Asl arge as (he Plentiful. Am 

 solid as the New (ilobe. In fact, (he 

 world's leading eitremely early 

 Tomato. 



.In our ficKl tests, I.X.L. Tomato 

 proved to bo a week to ten days 

 earlier than the Spark's Earliana, 

 with anabundanceofi ruitlargerand 

 more prolific than Chalk '8 Jewel: in fact, any number of specimens could be found as largo as the 

 Plentifu I Tomato. The I.X.Ij. Tomato is without a single exception the leading extremely early 

 Tomato. Do not experiment with it, but plant your ontire early crop in I.X.L. Tomato. Your 

 crop will net you big ret urns. 



1. A beautiful, brillian ired color. 



g. Vines are a perfer i mass oft arge, smooth fruit, a single plant yielding ) bushel. 



t- Fruiti sextremely early, enormously abundant, ripens alia toDce. 



4. Vines compacfand can be placed (wo" eetapartin three-foo trows. 



5- Thelargest growers tell usthal wecannotsay too much in Favor of the I.X.L, Tomato. 

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The success my friends have had with Harab Fertilizers has 

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 Toronto Exhibition. .Another Harab user 

 was a prize winner at the International 

 Apple Growers' Association, Chicago. Mr. 

 F. G. Bridge of St. James Park, London, 

 used Harab Fertilizers for tomatoes, which 

 grew to giant dimensions, eight of them weighing 8 lbs. 6 oz. 



I am sure you will get champion results, too, if you will use 

 Harab Fertilizers according to directions. The Harab Fertilizer 

 booklet tells why these animal fertilizers 

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The Harris Abattoir Co., Limited 



Fertilizer Dept., Strachan Ave., TORONTO, Canada 



Lin\e-Sulfur Injury 



In discussing the prevention of lime- 

 sulfur injury with reference only to that 

 injury to fruit or foliage caused by the 

 dissolved sulfur in the spray. Prof. V. I. 

 Savro, of the Oregon Agricultural College, 

 in a recent bulletin, writes as follows: 



A fine mist spray would not be as in- 

 jurious as a coarse or drenching spray. It 

 is good horticulture, in fact, to apply only 

 a light even coating of spray, where pos- 

 sible. Though this procedure can be fol- 

 lowed in many parts of the country, how- 

 ever, it is difficult for some regions. In 

 some of the fruit growing sections, a fine 

 mist spray can be rarely used. Frequently 

 the winds are strong enough to necessi- 

 tate a coarse spray in order that the tree 

 may be sprayed thoroughly. In such cases 

 no choice remains ; a coarse spray must 

 necessarily be applied. Drenching, how- 

 ever, may be avoided by using care and 

 judgment. 



In cases of lime-su!fur injury induced by 

 previous fungus infection, there is no ques- 

 ion as to the proper procedure. It is much 

 more advisable to destroy the leaves by 

 means of the spray than to allow the fungus 

 to become destructive. 



The most simple method that presents 

 itself of avoiding lime sulfur injury is to 

 weaken the soluble sulfides by increased 

 dilution. From our own experiences and 

 those of several others we are led to_ be- 

 lieve that lime-sulfur properly made (i.e., 

 boiled for not more than one hour) is not 

 injurious at the strengths generally re- 

 commended. Home-boiled preparations are 

 rarely injurious for this reason. On the 

 other hand, we know of lime-sulfur fac- 

 tories that prolong boiling for three or 

 four hours. This gives a concentrate that 

 is more injurious (on account of the greater 

 proportion of sulfides in solution) than a 

 properly made concentrate testing the same 

 specific gravity. It is rather difficult to 

 recommend a practical method of deciding 

 whether the concentrate is liable to be in- 

 jurious or not, and the procedure to follow 

 upon ascertaining this point. In general, 

 a concentrate that has been boiled for not 

 more than one hour, may be considered 

 safe at the dilutions generally recommend- 

 ed (1 to 30, at -30 degrees B. for apples, 1 

 to 40 for pears). Again we wish to call 

 attention to the fact that we are consider- 

 ing only that injury caused primarily by 

 the sulfides in the spray. Our own ex- 

 periments have shown, in one case, that 

 injurv followed an application of lime-sul- 

 fur diluted 1 to 75. This, however, was 

 not strictly lime-sulfur injury, but injury 

 due to other causes to be explained later. 



Another method of avoiding lime-sulfur 

 injurv is by rendering the sulfides insol- 

 uble. This may be done by adding various 

 substances to the spray that will break 

 down, not necessarily all the sulfides in 

 solution, but enough to render the remain- 

 ing sulfides non-injurious. It may be 

 argued, however, that in breaking down 

 the polvsulfides the insecticidal properties 

 of the sprav are impaired. In reply it may 

 be noted that lime-sulfur is used dunng 

 the growing season primarily as a fungi- 

 cide, and its insecticidal value at the 

 strength used upon foliaare is questionable. 



I have found The Canadian Horticultur- 

 ist a gem as regards its relation to the 

 fruit interests. — Ernest 

 Ont. 



Flindall, Lovett 



