1406 The Vegetable Industry in New York State 



and analyzing 7-7-5 gives very good results when used at the rate 

 of three to three hundred and fifty pounds per acre. This on 

 some light soil is supplemented by a dressing on two sides of 

 the plant early in its growth of about one hundred and fifty 

 pounds of nitrate of soda. An excessive use of nitrate of soda is 

 to be avoided because when used in large quantities it produces 

 too much vine growth at the expense of fruit. And what nitrate 

 of soda is used should be used as early after plants are set as pos- 

 sible, because at that time there are less nitrates available from 

 natural sources than would be the case later when nitrification is 

 more active. 



Fig. 429. — Tomatoes Growing at Will, the General Practice Where 

 Grown for Canning 



Cultivation must be done early and often and should be con- 

 tinued as long as the vines will permit working between them. 

 Many growers produce what is known as a second early crop. 

 For this purpose a little later variety is chosen, not because it is 

 a little later in ripening but because by its being a little later in 

 ripening it is a better tomato, smoother and larger, hence sells at 

 a higher price. Among the many varieties chosen for this crop 

 are Bonny Best, Dwarf Champion, Twentieth Century, Dwarf 

 Stone, John Baar (new), and many others. 



