shipped long distant 

 the apple and more s 

 and stored on shelvt 

 Tomatoes from one' 

 And to please the 



ilmost as readily and safely as 

 m the peach, and which, picked 

 ill prolong the season of fresh 

 'n garden till Christmas time, 

 we have the Golden Queen, 

 of clear yellow with 



iful 



red 



cheek, or the White 

 Apple — nearly white — 

 or the Peach, covered 

 with bloom and as 

 lieautiful in color as 

 a peach. For pick- 

 ling we have the Red 

 Plum and Yellow 

 Plum, the Red Pear- 

 .Shaped and the Yel- 

 low Pear-Shaped, the 

 Red Cherry and the 

 Yellow Cherry, and the 

 cherry -like exquisite- 

 flavored Burbank's 

 Preserving. Every 

 season there are new 

 and more or less dis- 

 and very truly of the 

 ftto, like the making of 

 W. M. Tkacy. 



2520. The o 



forms of To: 

 gular and th) 



tinot varieties added to the lists; 

 making of new varieties of Tom: 

 books, there is no end. 



Tomatoes Under General Field Conditions. — Tomatoes 

 should he started in hotbeds. To make the beds, select 

 a sheltered place on the south side of a bank or erect 

 some shelter on the north side from where the hot- 

 bed is to be made. Dig a hole about a foot deep, 8 

 feet wide and as long as neede<l; 18 feet long will give 

 room eTioiigli to grow olanfs for twelve acres of Toma- 



(Itrt iM iX''t warm. The sash is put on as soon as 

 iliit i^ i.l.i.-. ,1. When the dirt is warm, rake it over 

 i>vt it nil'.- and lino, then sow the seed in drills wh 

 are made aliout 2 inches apart by a marker. Sow 

 seed by hand; the sash is then put on close to the &. 

 at the lower end of the bed the frame 

 higher at the end next to the bank so tl: 

 off; the bed is banked up all around S( 

 in. In this wav ihr liid will be 

 kept warm a.i.l tlir sr,-,l will 

 soon conn- uji. All. r tin- ].lants 

 are up iii.'. ly, tiny will need 

 sonu' air tliat ihey may become 

 Ijai-dcn. .1 ami grow stocky. 

 \'mitilatiiiL' ran lie done by rais- 

 in;; tilt' la. I h.ni of the sash and 

 putting a lilock under them 

 while the sun is hot; but do 

 not neglect to lower them at 

 night. When the plants are 

 four or five weeks old, and 



tl,,- l\r-l ml" a lied 'that has a 

 liitli- warm manure in the bot- 

 tom ami i-t; inches of dirt on 

 top. Use sash over this first 

 bed, as the weather is quite 

 cold at night. Do this in order 

 to get the earlv plants in the 

 field. Transplant the remainder 

 into coldframes ami n^c- .-uvi-r- 

 ings or shutters mad-- -i iHianl-. Transplant all in rows 

 G inches apart ami _' im-ln^ in tlip row. Keep them in 

 these beds until iilantcl in tin- opi-n fields. When there 

 is a frost in the morning .and plants are large, take off 

 the co-vering early in the morning that the frosty air may 

 harden the plants while they are in the bed. Sometimes 

 the plants are in blossom before they can be set in the 



pear Tomato. 



TOMATO 1815 



fields. Never pinch a plant back. A good-sized plant is 

 from 4-6 inches high and stocky ; the stronger the plant 

 the earlier will be the crop. The main point is to get the 

 plant strong before it is set in the field, then it will not 

 stop growing, while a slender, weak plant will not start 

 to grow as soon. Transplanting the plants from the 

 sowing bed into the cold beds helps the plants, and they 

 will produce earlier fruit than those set in the fields 

 from the hotbeds. Take tliem up with a trowel that all 

 of the dirt possible may go with them from the bed 

 into the field. In case the ground is dry, take a large 

 box with clay in it and make a regular mush, dip the 

 plant into it, then put the plant in the box. One can 

 leave them there for a day or two before setting them 

 in the field. 



Prepare the ground about the same way that farmers 

 prepare corn ground. Have it well harrowed, then 

 mark it oft' 4 x 6 or 5 x 6, and when the ground is very 

 rich 6x6 feet, and set the plant in the cross. Use the 

 hands to fill the dirt around the plant. Set the plants that 



2522. A pear-shaped type of Tomato. 



are transplanted under sash first, as they are the oldest 

 and strongest. These can be risked in the field first; 

 then fill that bed with plants again, as plants may be 

 needed for replanting in case cutworms or other causes 

 destroy some of the first setting. 



Never put manure under the plants set in the field. 

 The best way to manure the ground is a year before, 

 for some other crop, such as cabbage, potatoes or 

 pickles ; then you can grow Tomatoes several years after. 

 Never put Tomatoes in ground prepared with fresh ma- 

 nure, for the manure burns the roots and causes trouble, 

 and the flavor of the Tomatoes is not so good. As soon 

 as a field of Tomatoes is i.lant.-il, i;o ..vi-r tin- ana with 

 hoes and draw up smm- M.il i" tin- I'lani, ami till in 

 around the plant with .arili >" it will mit -it .hy into 

 the roots. After th.- plants li.-uin t,> taki- r.i.ii, go 

 through the field both ways with tlie cultivator, and 

 keep this up during the season. One cannot cultivate 

 thetn too much. Some farmers think that because there 

 are no weeds growing around the plants they need very 

 little cultivating, but this is a mistake. When the sea- 

 son is dry they need more cultivation in order to keep 

 up the moisture. 



Half-bushel baskets are very useful in picking Toma- 

 toes. Our o-wn practice is to take about six rows in a 

 jiiece and throw the vines of a row around so that we 

 can drive a team through the field. If the rows are 6 

 feet apart a team can go through without destroying 

 many Tomatoes. In that way one can pick more Toma- 

 toes in a short time because he does not have to carry 

 them so far. Have boxes alongside where the team will 

 go and the Tomatoes are carried to these bushel boxes, 

 and when the team comes are loaded and driven to the 

 factory. Picking is done mostly by children. A man is 

 with them who keeps account of what they pick and 

 gives them instructions in picking, jj, j. Heinz Co. 



Tomato Culture in the South. -The Tomato is one of 



the most caiiriri.ms .if inark.-t ;;ar.l.-n vegetables. It is 



of greater r.laii\.- im|Mii-i .- in tin- South than in the 



North. Ess.niials i-r lialiii .-iinl .-ultivation do not ma- 

 terially differ in i-ith.-r si-i-tinn. While by no means a 



