PRACTICAL GARDENING 



will run to foliage, but if no animal manure has 

 been used and the plants are not as thrifty as 

 you would like, apply the following mixed com- 

 mercial fertilizers to every ten plants: one-half 

 pound nitrate of soda, one and one-half pounds 

 phosphate and one-half pound muriate of pot- 

 ash. ,This same application, used after the 

 fruit is formed, will show marked results in the 

 size of the tomatoes. 



If the leaf -spot or leaf -mold (two similar 

 diseases recognized by small spots on the leaves 

 before they curl and finally die), appears on 

 the foliage, spray with Bordeaux Mixture. 



The fruit rot, which appears usually on the 

 first tomatoes formed, discoloring and causing 

 the flower end of the tomato to become de- 

 cayed, may be combated by pruning the foliage 

 back, admitting more air and sunlight, and de- 

 stroying all diseased fruit. 



There are many different varieties of toma- 

 toes on the market but the following list may 

 aid the gardener in his selection. 



List of tomatoes in their order of ripening: 

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