TOMATO— TURNIP. 89 
Drying.—After being rinsed clean, seed is taken up 
in small quantities, squeezed or pressed dry, and then 
spread either on wooden trays or on screens or drying 
frames of similar material and dimensions to the frames 
described for drying cucumber. These trays or screens 
are set in the sun and air to allow seed todry. A clear, 
dry day is chosen, so as to give seed as much drying 
as possible before night. 
The screens are placed under shelter over night and 
set in the sun again the following day; which is con- 
tinued until seed has become thoroughly dry. While 
drying, stir and turn seed frequently. From the 
screens, seed is spread thinly on the drying room floor, 
and there allowed to remain till it is perfectly dry; after 
which before storing it is cleaned in the fan mill. 
Market.—The seed trade at present handles in the 
aggregate upwards of 250,000 pounds of tomato seed 
yearly, it being sold largely to canners and to truck 
farmers. 
It is all produced in this country by growers scattered 
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In a favorable season, 
200 to 300 pounds of seed are produced to the acre; 
average prices paid to growers range from forty-five 
to sixty cents per pound, according to variety. 
TURNIP. 
Any kind of mellow, fertile soil, from a light, sandy 
loam, to a heavy clay is adapted for a crop of turnip 
seed; that which was fertilized for a preceding crop is 
better than applying stable manure at time of sowing, 
as by the latter course the crop is liable to be worm- 
eaten. 
If it be necessary to use a fertilizer, it is advised to 
apply wood ashes, bone meal, or super-phosphate. 
