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Fruit rot is at times a bit trouijIcsimK-, but I think it is due more or less 

 to une\en temperature in tlie earl\ ["all. This we cannot control, tor we may 

 get, e\en in the late I'all, a few extremely hot da.\s. Howexer this may be, 

 we know that the trouble will disappear as soon as we can keep up a fairly steady 

 temperature. The only remedy that I can suggest is to gather up the diseased 

 fruit and burn or bury it. Where clubroot is troublesome, the soil may be 

 sterilized; but when Tomatoes are affected either by blight or clubroot, it is 

 useless to waste any time on them. 



White fly will spread rapidly if allowed to go unchecked. It was difTicuIt 

 to eradicate before the time of hydrocyanic acid gas, for none of the tobacco 

 concoctions affect it to any extent, either in liquid form or by fumigating; but 

 a %ery mild dose of gas will destroy them. One-half ounce of cyanide for every 

 1000 cubic feet of space — using 50% cyanide — is sufficient to kill white 

 fly, with no harm to the vines. If the cyanide is over 50'^, use less than 

 one-half ounce, and follow the directions gi\en for the fumigation of Lettuce. 



VARIETIES 



Of varieties that are adapted for inside work there are quite a number. 

 A few points should be noted here before making a selection. A Tomato in- 

 tended for forcing should be solid, with good color, and should be above all a 

 free setter. Some fifteen or twenty years ago the Lorillard Tomato combined 

 all these qualities, but for some reason it did not retain them and hence lost 

 its place as a forcing Tomato. The following varieties will respond to Winter 

 forcing, and while some others might be added, nothing is gained by growing 

 many varieties under glass. The question resolves itself into selecting a lew 

 of the best, which are: Rochford, The Don, Comet, Sutton's Winter Beauty, 

 Sutton's Earliest of All, Sutton's Best of All, and Stirling Castle. The last 

 named is a bit under size, but has well shaped fruit and good setting qualities. 



