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The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners. 
TOMATOES. 
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“ X have got a spleml'd crop of Ailsa Cnig Tomatoes, they arc a very good qual ty 
and an exceedingly good size."— Mr. W. PLUMB, Leicester. 
“ I am pleased to tell you I have got the finest Tomato you erer sa w, Ailsa Craiv 
26 on a bunch."— Mr. W. FRIEND, Tostoclr. 5 
“The Seeds I received from you last year were fine, they turned out wonderfully 
well, and I was more than delighted with them."— Mr. E. RODENHAM, Upper Gorual. 
“I took nine Prizes out of twelve entries with your Seeds in Southall Show last 
year.”— Mr. J. WOOSTER, Southall. 
r DANIELS’ LEIGH PARK (new). This fine Tomato 
is the result oi many years’ careful selection, and will 
be found one of the most prolific. The fruit, which are 
of a rich glowing crimson, are produced in racemes or 
bunches averaging ten to twelve nice even-sized fruit 
on each. It is of good habit, short jointed and enor- 
mously prolific . . 
UT DANIELS’ KING GEORGE V. This grand variety 
introduced by us some time since has proved itself one of 
the most useful sorts for all purposes. It is of strong 
constitution and a free setter. The fruit, which are 
of a rich glowing scarlet colour, are of perfect shape and 
of excellent flavour. For exhibition purposes it will prove 
a great acquisition _ - — — 
ttr AILSA CRAIG. A new variety of great excellence, 
bearing a heavy crop of fine shaped, grand coloured 
fruit, which are produced in great ropes and trusses. It 
is a very free setter, bearing up to eight and ten bunches 
on a plant. A good sort for pot culture and exhibition 
work — — — — — — 
KONDINE RED. A fine Tomato for early crop, and one that 
has become highly popular amongst market growers. 
The plant is of good constitution, producing a very heavy 
crop of grand shaped fruit, of pleasing colour and superb 
quality, and a most useful variety for all purposes. 
Succeeds well in the open ground — — — 
WINTER BEAUTY. A grand variety for growing under 
glass in Winter, it is of good strong constitution and an 
abundant bearer. The fruit are smooth and of a good 
deep colour and very firm. The quality is excellent. 
Also a useful sort for the open ground — — 
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Cultivation.— One of the chief things which has contributed to the 
great popularity of the Tomato is the fact that it is so very easily grown. 
It is now generally recognized that Tomatoes can he quite successfully 
cultivated without such heavy dressings of manure as were used at one 
time, although there are certain periods when good liberal dressings of 
manure are necessary ; but when the plants are young they do not need l . 
For the earliest Spring crop the seed should be sown in January or 
early in February in pots or pans of light rich soil, and these should be 
placed on a shelf in the greenhouse ; the vessel should be covered over 
with a sheet of glass to hold the moisture and kept at an even temperature 
until the seed has germinated. As soon as the plants have iormed t ie 
seed leaf, have them potted off singly into three-inch pots and grow them 
on in a warm house, potting on into six-inch pots later, in whioh size ney 
should remain until permanently planted out in the borders, or potte 
into the fruiting pots. ... 
Many people prefer to grow their early crops in pots ten inches to 
twelve inches in diameter, claiming (we believe rightly) that they are 
better able to attend to the careful watering of the plants and thus avoid 
any injury to the roots. The treatment of young Tomato plants is pretty 
much the same as would be given to early Cucumbers, they should have 
a temperature of 60° during the day, and not less than 60° — 55° at night. 
For a main crop sow the seed in February or March, then transfer into 
pots as before advised ; it is of great importance that the plants be kep 
sturdy and therefore air should be given on all favourable occasions. 
The drainage of both the pots in whioh the young plants are grown on and 
the borders or boxes in which they are to fruit should be very carefully 
looked to, so as to allow of their receiving copious supplies of water, 
especially during the fruiting period. When planted out in the greenhouse 
border, the plants should be placed about 18 inches apart and supported 
either by means of a stake or tied up with soft string to the roof, all side 
growths should be cleared off as they appear, and only the main stem 
allowed to grow away, this being stopped when it reaches the glass, or 
when three or four trusses of fruit have been set. 
The best soil for Tomatoes is a good rich loam to whioh has been added 
a light dressing of farmyard manure, say one-fifth of the bulk ; many 
growers do not put any manure in the soil at the time of planting, leaving 
the feeding until the first truss of fruit has set, when they apply regular 
dressings of artificial manure, or give a mulching of well-decayed manure 
and water the same thoroughly in. In no case must the manure used be 
taken from a heap that is heated or the result will be disastrous. 
