ADIRONDACK EARLIANA 
The Adirondack Strain of Earliana has had twenty-nine genera¬ 
tions of breeding toward one ideal—extra early fruit of real market 
It is extra early; the earliest market variety of which we know. 
The fruit has given up much of the cussedness of the old type Earli¬ 
ana; it is smooth, under favorable weather and pollonizing condi¬ 
tions quite deep, and firm. Seed cells are small and with thick walls. 
The color is a good hearty red extending, for an Earliana, remarkably 
well back toward the stem. The vines, though compact, are vigorous 
and prolific. 
While the Earliana variety has its limitations, as has the extremely 
early type of any fruit, an improved strain such as this can make you 
money. Over most of the country the demand is strong—and the 
price high—for the first home grown tomatoes. 
Getting first on the market is partly in knowing how, and then 
using that knowledge. Start, of course, with seed that will appreciate 
what you do for it. Read all you can about growing tomatoes. Ex¬ 
periment in a small way with the methods of other folks; perhaps 
you can adopt some of them to advantage. 
The idea that the use of acid phosphate tends to hasten maturity 
is more than a theory; it is a fact that has been demonstrated over 
and over. Technical Bulletin No. 28 from New Hampshire gives 
some interesting results from a number of field tests along this line. 
Because the first early plants are well advanced in maturity when 
set in the field, therefore easily checked, and because the ground is 
yet cool and with little available nitrogen, the use of nitrate water 
when setting is of especial benefit to this early crop. 
Plan your sowing schedule so that you may have stocky, vigorous 
plants ready to blossom when setting time comes. And give them 
room, right from the seed bed. A soft, spindling plant may mature 
a crop of sorts, but the real tomatoes come on plants which have had 
a chance to properly develop. This is especially true with extra early 
varieties. 
