Hormones for the Garden 
The wartime interest in growing gar- 
dens, both flower and vegetable, war- 
rants suggestions as to the application 
of hormones. It is now a proven fact 
that treatments with various hormones 
increase the yields and hasten the ma- 
turity of the crop. 
A large lettuce grower in Colorado 
last season reported a great increase. in 
the size of the lettuce, plus earlier ma- 
turing, after a treatment of Transplan- 
tone. 
In many soils ROOTONE treatment 
of tomato seeds produces a more vigor- 
ous growth. 
Regular applications of B, after using 
a starter solution on transplanted asters 
have given much larger and healthier 
blooms. 
The use of FRUITONE as a spray 
has checked the fruit drop of many 
tomato plants, thereby harvesting an 
earlier crop. 
Celery plants whose roots were soaked 
over night in a pre-plant solution were 
said to produce a 100% stand and a 
quicker maturing crop. 
It is always advisable, whenever you 
transplant a shrub or tree, to soak the 
roots well in some of the hormone solu- 
tions. All cuttings root easier and faster 
after being dipped in hormones. 
We carry a full line of all the well 
known hormone preparations—both in 
powder and in liquid. 
Make notes of all the vegetables that 
stand a fair degree of frost in your 
garden. This will help in the es 
plan for another season. 
Never apply dormant sprays to your 
fruit trees when the temperature is 
below 42. 

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Do You Know... | 
“That 90% of our vegetables contain 
more water than a watermelon. 
That all seeds produce better crops 
after a hormone treatment. ~ 
That Chinese Cabbage should not be 
planted early. It will bolt to seed. 
That an ounce of carrot seed will 
sow a 200-foot row. 
That cucumbers grow well on a trel- 
lis. 
That Blue Bantam is one of the best 
bush peas. A large cropper of delicious 
peas. 
That parsnips planted in July can be 
left in the ground all winter. 
That Table Queen Squash 
called Danish. 
Ground lime rock or gypsum should 
be applied at the rate of 75 pounds to 
1000 square feet. 
is often 
Red copper oxide should be used for 
seed treatment and to prevent damping 
off of seedlings in cold frames. For 
seedlings, use one ounce to two gallons 
of water as soon as plants are up, then 
again in seven days and 14 days. 
There are 17,700 Baby Blue Eyes 
seed per ounce. 
There are 22,000 pansy seeds to an 
ounce and several hundred in a 50-cent 
package. 
- It takes approximately 60 pounds of 
ripe tomatoes to can 12 quarts. 
Yellow corn is higher in vitamins 
than white by two points. There is evi- 
dence that corn was grown a hundred 
thousand years ago. 
@® The damage done by slugs each season runs 
well up into the dollars column, to say nothing 
about the high temperature it causes the gar- 
Get them before they get your plants! 
Keep a ring of GO-WEST around your plants 
whenever the ground is moist. 
25c per package. 
Seattle Seed Company 
