TOLMIEA 



and with the same style of beauty It i*i a i ereumal 

 herl) 1-:; ft. bisli, with loose racemea of sm ill Kreenish 

 or jnirpli^h llowtTS. The speciea seems to have been 

 cull. :ilin>;cl. aii.i twenty years ago it was offeied in the 

 ea^i.'iii I . s. t.ir western eolleetois It is probably 

 hanly :iii.l .l.iuliiless requires some h le 



base, 5-lobed, the tube iu age loi i 1 II i 1 

 down one side ; petals 5, threadl k I I 



sinuses of the calyx, recurved pei 

 ovary 1-loculed, with 2-parietal jli i i lb il i 

 has been described under Tiarella and Heuchera wl ich 

 it resembles in foliage and inflorescence. It seems to 

 be the only plant of the Saxifrage tribe that has 3 sta- 



M^nziesii, Torr. & Gray. Perennial herb, 1-2 ft. high, 

 with slender creeping rootstocks and some summer 

 runners: Ivs. round-cordate, more or less lobed and 

 crenatelv tc.othed. sleudt-r stalki-d. all alternate, those 

 of the St. Ill _"-l III I ill I II . '4-IK ft. long: fls. 

 and eapsiil, 11. nl ■ : msh or tinged pur- 



ple. Foie-i- 1.1 \| ' ht., to Puget Sound. 



— Propag.iti ^ 11 iiui ill 1 ill iiiitiipus buds, produced 

 at the apex of the pptmlMs of thi' radical Ivs. and root 

 ing when these fall to the ground. ■^_ -yi 



TOMATO (Plitp XLII). The Tomato is Zycopem 

 , ' • t, 1 11 1 ' 11.^ of the solanum or 



I I ' ' .1 to the potato. In 



li _i .ifted on each other 



wi , I _ HISS. The graft pro- 



du. L» lio i-i.uLu,.! 1. uli-, hi. ,. . I (see Bull. Gl, Cor- 

 nell Ei.p. bta.). The Tum.ito is grown more extensivelj 

 in North America than elsewhere in the world, and 

 the varieties have here reached a higher degree of per 

 fei-tion. The Amc-rican standard or ideal is a To- 

 rn 111 1 III il\ yli.l.ular, solid and "smooth" (that 

 ,. I i_> 2.-118-20. The flat angled 



111 111" - I Fig. 252G ; 1.334, Vol. II) aic 



Th. 



little ad, 

 titles ot 

 popular 1 

 plum fo 



if It IS nearlj or quite full gi 



grown as an 11 It I 



General Advice on Tomato 



) 1813 



u The Tomato is prob- 

 Lit m col I limates it is 



L. H. B. 

 Culture — The Tomato 

 d in Its natural habitat 

 _ the 

 orable for its 

 1 to such con- 

 ssible results 

 e the 



;(Fl 



The Tomato requires a warm soil and climate, a 

 sunny open position, and a long season. The plants are 

 usually started m hotbeds or glass houses, being trans- 

 fern d to til' open as soon as settled weather comes. 

 Till |.liiiis III usually set from 4-5 feet apart each way 

 anil .III .illow'd to grow as they will, finally covering 

 till- t;i"iiiid lor liome use, however, the plants are 

 often ti.iiiit-d, in order to forward their ripening and 

 to secure larger and better colored fruits. The be.st 

 method is to train to a single stem, as recommended 

 for forcing below. The stem is supported bv a stake or 

 perpendicular wire or cord (Kig. 2'iJ4 I . or sum, times 

 it is tied to the horizontal strands ol .1 II lli- II 1 sm 

 gle-stem training requires close. iiii ilie 



time cannot be spared for it, the ^ nil 1 1 \n d 



to lie on an inclined trellis or rack 'I t 1 I 1 niiig 



keeps the plants from the ground and tlieri'li\ allows 

 the individual fruits to develop perfectly and also 

 checks the spread of the fruit-rot; but it usually does 

 not give such perfect fruits as the single-stem training, 

 since the number of fruits is limited in the latter. The 

 most serious general dilficultv in Tomato growing is 

 the rot of the fruit. This usually causes most damage, 

 following close, wet weather when the fruit is ripening. 

 It is apparently worst on plants that cover the ground 

 thickly with foliage and do not allow it to become dry 

 on the surface. Usually it does not seriously lessen the 

 crop beyond a few pickings; and if the plants are 

 brought into bearing early and are kept in thrifty con- 

 dition for subsequent bearing, the percentage of total 

 injury is greatly reduced. The Tomato is tender to 

 frost. The green fruit remaining when frost kills the 

 plants may be ripened in tight drawers or cupboards. 



ih.it It li.is a steady and unchecked growth from the 

 germination of the seed to the ripening of the fruit. It 

 is true that the plant will live through considerable 

 degrees of cold, wet, drought and other untoward con- 

 ditions, and often secmini/lv recover from their ill ef- 



fects and maKi i^-i n- 

 true that am • ' ' 



particular^ 1 1 

 surely lesstn 1 1 mi i ;, . 

 fruit product d -ll.i^ j- .1 

 convinced of its truth by 

 following : Two adjacent 



lowth. But we believe it is 

 -lowth of a Tomato plant. 

 11 the plant is young, will 

 ml lower the quality of the 

 rung statement, but we are 

 ores of experiences like the 

 fields of similar character 

 pith plantsfrom the same coldframes. Those 

 in one field were carelessly set out just before a cold, 

 dry wind-storm and received a check in transplanting, 

 the effect of which was evident for at least ten days ; 

 but the plants ultimately became as large as those in 

 the second field, which had been kept in the coldfranie 

 during the storm and were set out rather more care- 

 fully than the first lot, but six days later. They suf- 

 fered scarcely perceptibly from the transplanting, and 

 actually commenced a new growth sooner than those 

 set six days earlier. The subsequent treatment of the 

 two fields was as nearly identical as possible; but the 

 second field yielded over 100 bushels per acre more 

 fruit than the first and it was so superior in quality 

 that, sold by the same man in the same market, it 

 brought an average of nine cents per package more 

 money. We were familiar with the fields and their 

 treatment, and know of no reason for the difference 

 in results except the check that one lot received at 

 transnlanting. All our experience with Tomatoes con- 

 vinces us that the first and great essential to the best 

 results is a steady constant growth from start to finish, 

 but more especially when the plant is young. This 



