92 HINTS ON PROFITABLE FRUIT GROWING. 



Favourite, Prelude, Hackworth Park, Trophy, Acme, and 

 a great many other names mostly synonyms of these. 



The secrets of success in tomato growing are in the 

 proper attention to pruning or trimming the stems, and 

 in the watering. Growers under glass often fertilize 

 the bloom by going over the plants with a camel-hair 

 brush. Being a gross feeder, tomatoes should not have 

 too stimulating a soil till the fruit has set and begun to 

 swell, and those who cultivate healthy plants with the 

 least watering ^et the best crops, if grown on one or two 

 leading stems in a good loamy mixed compost, mainly 

 of fresh pasture soil. To increase their bearing, the 

 first of the crop is picked before it is ripe, and then it is 

 laid out on trays to colour in the greenhouse. 



There seems to be an outlet for nearly all that can be 

 produced at about 6d. per pound to Is. per pound, of 

 really fine quality, as tomatoes are the fruiterers' favourite 

 produce for "dressing" their windows, as well as for 

 their keeping properties. When the out-door crop 

 comes on the market, sales becomes difficult at 2d., 

 however, in good seasons. 



"Plum" yellow tomatoes, an even-sized small sort, 

 have been imported lately from abroad, and sell freely 

 at 9d. to Is. per pound during the autumn. 



