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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



F K B R U A R Y , 19 10 



STRAWBERRIES 



AND MOW TO 



Our 1910 Edition of 



*' Great Crops of Strawberries and 

 How to Grow Them" 



has been re-written from cover to cover. It is the 

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The book makes you acquainted with some of these top-notch growers, shows 

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 He also shows you how to prune and set the plants, and how to mate them to insure a 

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The book also shows pictures of fifty-four different kinds 

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TlyTORE than 13,000 quarts of strawberries to the 

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Extra Early Tomatoes 



WE who live in theNorthern States have become 

 accustomed to looking to the South for our 

 extra early tomatoes or doing without until the home- 

 grown crop comes on in August. But with a little 

 care and trouble and no expense, I have had 

 tomatoes from our garden by July fourth. 



It is necessary to start the plants quite early as it 

 requires one hundred and twenty to one hundred 

 and fifty days to bring the fruit to maturity. About 

 the first of February I plant the seed in a shallow box 

 made a convenient size to fit the window sill. Holes 

 are bored in the bottom of the box for drainage, 

 an inch or two of broken brick is put in and covered 

 with four inches of good garden soil. Seeds are 

 placed an inch apart, then a quarter of an inch of 

 soil is sifted over them and firmed by pressing 

 lightly with a board. 



Young tomato plants like plenty of warmth and 

 moisture, but the soil must not be made so wet that 

 it becomes soggy or sour. Such a condition often 

 causes the fungus growth that produces "damping 

 off." I use a small brush in preference to a sprink- 

 ling can for watering the plants. Once a week a 

 little liquid manure is applied. It must be used 

 sparingly, however, for it is apt to cause too rapid 

 and consequently too spindling a growth. 



When the plants are two inches tall I transplant 

 them to a larger box where they will have more 

 room to grow. They are set four inches apart. 

 When about six inches tall they are again trans- 

 planted to pots or small boxes. Old berry boxes 

 may be utilized, though they are rather shallow. In 

 the pots the plants grow large and stocky and make 

 , strong root growth. By the first week in May, which 

 is the time I usually set them out, they are well 

 branched and have some crown blossoms open. 



HOW WE CULTIVATE 



The ground intended for tomatoes is given a 

 liberal coat of stable manure in fall or winter, 

 plowed as early in the spring as weather will permit, 

 and usually some catch crop, as lettuce or radishes, 

 is grown before the tomato plants are set. Hills 

 are made ready the first of May, a shovelful of well 

 rotted manure being placed in each. The soil in 

 the pots is thoroughly soaked before lifting the 

 plants, so there is little disturbance of the roots in 

 setting out. The plants are shaded until they 

 become thoroughly established. Three and a 

 half feet is my rule for early tomatoes; closer than 

 the main crop is set. Cultivation begins soon 

 after the plants are set and is kept up with horse 

 cultivator and hoe until the vines cover the ground. 

 My soil is a rather heavy clay loam and I believe 

 is best for tomatoes. 



I believe it is a mistake to prune the vines as 

 severely as some gardeners do. I have tried both 

 methods and find little advantage in earliness and 

 a distinct loss in yield when the plants are trained 

 to just two stems. Except in an experimental way 

 I do not trellis or prune my plants at all. Some- 

 times a late freeze catches my first setting, but 

 usually it is safe to set plants the first week in May. 

 If they have been properly hardened they will not 

 be injured by even a moderately heavy frost if 

 protected by newspapers or straw. 



Ohio. Nat S. Green. 



American Bog Plants 



I HAVE already named (on pages 12, 13 and 14) 

 American bog plants of a spectacular character, 

 and I will now give some of our best native shrubs 

 for wet places: 



Ericaceae 



Wild rosemary, Andromeda polijolia. — Rhodora, 

 Azalea Canadensis. — White Azalea, Azalea viscbsa. 

 — Dwarf Cassandra, Cassandra calyctdaia. — High- 

 bush huckleberry, Gaylussacia jrondosa. — Sheep 

 laurel, Kalmia glaxwa. — Labrador tea, Ledum lati- 

 folium. — Deerberry, Vaccinium stamineum. — High- 

 bush blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum. 



Other Shrubs 



Button-bush, Cephalanthus occidentalis. — Black 

 alder, Ilex verticillata. — Long-stalked winterberry, 

 Nemopanthes Canadensis. — Red choke-berry, 

 Pyrus arbutijolia. — Virginia willow, I tea Virginica. 



New York. W. M. 



