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WARM SEASON VEGETABLES 



of cloth (Fig. 77) . Some pruning of the plant is desirable. Reduce 

 the number of stems as desired and remove the lower suckers. To 

 induce a few plants to mature their crop extra early, the late blos- 

 soms may be pinched off to force all of the strength of the plant 

 into the earlier fruits. Clean, thorough tillage is necessary for 

 the best growth. 



Good varieties of the early season are Earliana, Early Jewel; 

 medium and late varieties are Livingston Beauty, Ponderosa, Acme, 

 Stone, Baltimore. For canning the Stone is popular. Norton and 

 Norduke (late) and Marvel (earlier) are wilt resistant. 



Tomatoes should always be sprayed with Bordeaux mixture 



Fig. 76. — Tomato plants all of the same age. 

 and shifted twice. 



From left to right; not shifted, shifted once, 

 (Illinois Station.) 



containing some arsenate of lead. The combined spray material 

 described under the head of Irish potatoes is well suited to the 

 tomato crop. There are several fungous diseases which attack the 

 tomato plant, and these are largely prevented by Bordeaux 

 mixture if it is applied early. Some poison is included with Bor- 

 deaux mixture for the sake of fighting tomato worms or other leaf 

 eating insects. 



Peppers. — This is a warm season crop. The plants are started 

 in-doors or in hotbeds, as in the case of tomatoes. They require 

 similar treatment, but usually are not staked. 



