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TOMATOES 



In my experience, I have not used the dirt bands. I have 

 used paper pots. 



Question: Do you like them? 



Mr. Wilkinson : Very much indeed, but not the kind the 

 manufacturer sells. I want to make my own. I use the red 

 siding paper, costing sixty-five or eighty-five cents per roll, 

 and cut it into correct sizes. 



Question: What advantage do you derive from thinning 

 the plants? 



Mr. Wilkinson : Thinning the plants, in the second case, 

 corresponds closely to one transplanting. 



Mr. Clum (Cayuga County) : I would like to ask you how 

 far you think that could be extended advantageously, that is, 

 how often transplanted and how large at the last transplant- 

 ing? How much added space for your plant is an advantage? 



Mr. Wilkinson: I have transplanted as many as eight 

 times from the time of sowing the seed. At the last trans- 

 planting the plants were more than a foot in height and very 

 nearly a foot in width. Place the plants six inches apart. 

 That is as far apart as it is practicable. 



Mr. Clum : I have been accustomed to growing plants at 

 the last transplanting seven inches, cutting out with a spade. 

 That is expensive in getting into the field. The question is, 

 can I grow them in dirt bands or paper pots and get as good 

 a plant ? If I could grow in paper pots, I could get along with 

 my work faster. 



Mr. Wilkinson: One of the great advantages of the 

 paper pot is that it has all the roots when set in the field. 



Mr. Clum : In a five-inch pot you could grow an Al 

 plant, such as the market gardener who is trying to get his 

 goods on the market just as early as he can wants. 



Soil. 



Mr. Wilkinson: There has been some question about 

 preparation of soil for tomatoes. There is a difference of 

 practice among men. Some do not care to apply manure 



