TOMATO 



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niUijilod Jo 

 >)ioiil<[ Ik- 

 w it h .sonir 

 ell ill tliL' 

 i-cisi-'tl tlKit the 

 for in tluit case 

 , Every 

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systeni is srMoiii ns 

 (.'Oiiiini?rci:il Toiimto gruwiiiix. lM'\vr\cr. 



Tlie soil sliuiild l>o uiiu'li like tliaf wli 

 tlu-' g-i-M\viim' of Toniaturs owt <>!' duor: 

 Wfll oiirielied Aviilt ()M shnn manuiT atn 

 coiunuTfial fertilizer \\'liit'h is rdai i\ 

 mineral eieineiits. Care slimiM he rxi 

 soil is not st'cnred from a Tomato lirld, 

 diseases aro likoly to l-o lirori-ht into the lions 

 ett'ort sliould lio i'mployud to eausi,^ the plant 

 contiiinously. Plants 

 that heL'ume rooTd.iound 

 ov yfUow and \diicbed 

 cannot l.ie expected to 

 give ii'ood resnlts. 



Some iKittoui - heat 

 should be applied. If 

 the soil is as shallow 

 as 4 inches, care should 

 be taken that pipes are 

 not too close to the bot- 

 tom of the brmdi or 

 that the hear is not toL> 

 great. From 5 to (3 

 inches is a better depth 

 for soil on Tomato 

 benches, ami tlif pipes 

 for carr>"ini: s t e a m 

 should he several 

 inches beneath the bot- 

 tom. The temperature 

 of the bouse at night 

 should not fall below 

 60'^, although a lower 

 temperature than this, 

 providing the house is 

 dry and the plants are 

 not growing very rap- 

 idly, may result in no 

 appreciable harm. It 

 is better, however, to 

 maintain a temperature 

 of Gr^" at night. The 

 d a y t e m p e r a t u r e 

 should run from 75 to 

 So-. The bouse should 

 ha\"e an abundance of 

 liLilit and should be 

 liieh enough only to 

 allow the plants to 

 have free head-room. 



The Tomato plant is 

 very likely to grow too 

 r a ;"i idly when it is 

 given too much water 

 and the temperature is 

 too hi£:h. This is par- 

 ticularly true in tin- 

 dull cloudy day-- of 

 midwinter. The plant 

 then fills with mois- 

 ture, becomes soft and 

 flabby ami is likely to 

 develop the a-dfina. or 

 dropsy. This disease- 

 manifests itself in 

 brown elevations on 

 the stems and in the 

 curling of the leaves. 

 When a plant is once seriously aft'ect 

 The preventive is to keep the houses well vo 

 and relatively dry in spells of dark weather. Tliis cau- 

 tion applies particularly to the duller am! damper parts 

 of the house. 



The Tomato flower needs hand-pcillination to enablo it 

 to set fruit. The poUeu will ordinarily discbarge readily 

 if the flower is jarred quickly at midday wiien the sun 

 is shining and the house is dry. When the flowers are 

 ready for pollination a bright day should be looked for 

 and the house should not be watered that mornin:,^ The 

 pollen is jarred into a spoon or a watcb-ghiss, and into 

 this pollen the protruding stigma of the Jlo\rers is 

 nibbed. It is necessary to apply an abundance of pol- 



TOMATO 181!) 



b'li in order to srciire i:ir-e and wcll-foruiiMl fruils. 

 Tlii' |M,|linaTing sbonld I.^e dono Ircelv an<l willi -nat 



(borou-lilioss, ;is U]»on this o]MTario)i dopeiids Ilic 



chance of seritriii-: a [nil and ^'ood i-rop. ( )j|e <-;n\ run'Iv 

 ex]iHer to soeuro lr,,)ii a \v)io]e liouso ;iii iuoi-i-o ol' immiv 

 tliLiii :: to 4 pounds of fruit to :i siii-li^ ].laiii for i lie \\ jn- 

 tof crop when the plants aro trained l(i a sin-lr sloii, 

 Siinihir plants fruited in April or .^hiy. bowe\er, ma\' 

 pro.luce considerably more than this. i\s soon as ihe 

 fruit elusters begin to get heaw. thev should he su])- 



porte,! bv cords sr- 



■ liie 



cured t 

 (Fi.r. U 

 Man\ 

 Tomatoes to 

 ease. Tberi.' 

 which se-'iu t 

 cial forein-' 

 Tsnallv a T. 



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PLOW DRAWN 



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niediuiii rallier than id' 

 large size and one that 

 is rounded and with 

 few creases or angles 

 is to be prot.-rred. The 

 varieties <if Tomatoes 

 lliat are in favor f<ir 

 fr.rcing aro r.nistaiiily 

 chatiLrini,^ and it is U'^t 

 advisalde to :_dve a list 

 bore. 



The Tomato is bese-t 

 by several d i I'lirn 1 1 ies 

 when .LC r o ^v n under 

 -lass. ( )nc(d' llie most 

 ^ori<Mis is ilic root--all, 

 wliieh is due to a le-iii- 

 atode worm. In the-' 

 northern statos ^\bere 

 1 he soil nuiv be frozen 

 i)iere sboufd 1m- little 

 diiliculty w i t li this 

 pest. Afti'r the crop 

 is utf in earh" summer 

 all till' soil Should 1)0 

 r e ni o v o d from the 

 benches an<l the boards 

 should bo thor(m-ldy 

 washed with iyo. 'I'be 

 new soil should 1 to smdi 

 as has bei-'u Tliorouubly 

 frozen. The ]irafrii-o 

 of mixiim' old forejng- 

 bouso soil \vitb tlio new 

 soil is very likely to 

 perpi-luato anv ro-ir- 

 call diflieiilty tl'iat may 

 liave in-eu introiluro.l 

 into Tlie house. Wlun 

 once idants are affedrd 

 with rlio r^Mit---all tbey 

 i.-annot Im- sav.-rl. The 

 Tomato ni-l. wliich is 

 c b aracteri zed 1 1 \- J u n - 



From Danbeiiy's "Lei-tures on Rouki]i Husliandry." "The xilough 

 itself is nothing more tlian a nioditicatioii of the hoe. which was lirst 

 dr;if,'t:ed along tlie ground hv mannal labor, before the force of oxen 

 wa^ substituted.^' (See Tnnls. page 1820.) 



gous spon. 

 the umler 



•d it is wort 



itila.ted 



Sculptures from a Theban tomb " of the ISth or the beg 

 nine of tbe 19th dj'oasty." 



f Ibe 

 leaves, may be held in 

 clieck by sprayiiii: wiib 

 Bijrdeaux mixtui'i- tir 

 other fungicide. Tli en- 

 are several forms of blight which are apparently l)a<derial 

 troubles. These seem to follow unsanitary romlitions of 

 the house, as too close temperature, too little liLdiT. too 

 much moisture at the root, and tbe like. They are 

 characterized by various degrees of curling and bhe-k- 

 eniug of the foliage ami youn^- u:rowth. Tloro is no 

 remedy. Infected plants should be destroyi-d and. as a 

 safeguard, the soil in wlii(.*h tbey grow sliould not he 

 used again in the house. The rot of the fruit is often. 

 Serious in Tomato houses. The cause of the trouble is 

 not definitely known. After the rot has proceeded to a 

 certain stage, filamentous fungi develop, and these 

 were formerly considered to be the cause of the tronlde. 

 The only remedy so far known for rot in houses is to 



