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RECUIP-EI.IENTS ANT) METHODS OF GRO'HIIG THE TOLJATO 



Time to Maturity - 75 - 140 days 



Life- Annual 



Soil Requirements - Rich, v/am, sandy loams, or Icams well drained, 



at least 4' in depth. 



Climatic Requirements - No frost; v/arm sunny '.veather. 



Water Requirements - Moderate, but soil must not dry cut. Over- irrigation 



promotes tendency to disease and foliage instead 

 of fruit. Often not required. 



Calendar of Operations- 



Preparing for Planting : December - February, plowed 8" deep, 



Replo^ed 6" and v/orked down. 



Planting : 



For springs- 

 Time : February - May 



For fall crop- 

 Time : June and July 



Quantity : 900 - 1200 plants 



Method and Distance: In rows 6' x 6' to 7' x 7' 



Care of Growing Crop- Cultivated 2-5 times at 10 - 14 days intervals, 



beginning June 1st. Hoed once around plants 

 in June. 



Varieties: Stone, Spark's Earliana, Trophy 



Harvest : 



Tims : June - until killing frosts (Decerrber 1) 



Method: Vines are picked over several times ( 4 tc 10 days) 

 For Canneries : Picked v.'hen ripe and delivered in 



60j? lug boxes. 

 For Shipping : Picked '^'hen blushed and packed in 24if 



crates ( 4- 6j^ baskets) or 30# lugs, 

 Yields- 

 Good : 20 tons 

 Usual : 10 " 



% oi Different Grades- Canneries get 10 - 15% of crop, rest shipped 



to fresh markets. The shipping crop usually 

 runs from 4 tc 6 tons. 



Commercial Sections- 



Alameda, Los Angeles, Merced, Orange, Santa Clara and Sonoma Counties, 



