BASIC FACTORS IN 



Rule One — Limit your acreage to your capacities. 

 Ten well grown acres are far more profitable than 25 

 badly grown acres. 



Land — 1. It must be well drained. 



2. Plant tomatoes on it not oftener than one 

 year in four. 



3. Aim for an organic matter test of not 

 under 2%. Add lime for pH of 6.5. 



4. Plow down cover crops, sod, corn stalks, 

 soy beans, etc. 



Seed — Your choice can make or break your profit. 

 Never take seed for granted. Fix on your main objec- 

 tive — earliness, size, production, shape, color, solidity, 

 etc. (you will know what factors come first), then go on 

 from there, remembering that your choice of seed is a 

 vital choice. Second class seed will keep you in that 

 class. The variety chart in this booklet will bear study. 



Transplanting — There is always an optimum time 

 for your area. Meet this whenever possible. The earlier 

 transplanting usually brings the heavier harvest. Allow 

 16 sq. ft. for plants of full foliage. (We like 6 ft. rows 

 for those varieties), but in every case make your row 

 width fit your spray rigs. We definitely favor keeping 

 every fourteenth row open. Use a pint of starter solu- 

 tion for each plant. A good mixture is: 13-26-13 or 

 5-25-15. 



We also recommend quick dipping of the foliage in: 

 Lead arsenate V2 lb., 66% oil emulsion V2 pt., in 1 2I/2 

 gallons water. 



Foliage Retention — This is essential for heavy pro- 

 duction, color, flavor and normal Vitamin C. Foliage 

 can be retained during the entire harvest, year in and 

 year out, with proper drainage, balanced nutrition and 

 adequate spraying. One careful spraying is worth two 

 ground dustings, or four dustings by plane. 



Fruit Setting — There are many factors: 1. Control 

 plant feeding. An over-vegetative plant will not set its 

 blossoms. 2. For heavy vine types, delay nitrogen 

 applications until the main setting period is past. 3. Stop 

 irrigation while blossoms are forming. 4. Night tem- 

 peratures below 54 degrees are not good. Usually a 

 spread in excess of 25 degrees between night and day 

 temperatures is not good. Day temperatures above an 

 official 95 degrees will drop most blossoms. 5. Blossom 



