


TOMATOES, Continued 
Pritchard, Scarlet Topper—Medium to 
large; round with thick, firm flesh and 
small seed cavities. Brilliant red color- 
ing right to the top. One of the best 
home varieties, Early 
Stokesd.le—Smooth /7-oz. fruits bright 
red. Solid flesh and small seed cavities. 
Matures second-early, a week ahead of 
the Marglobe types. 
Stone, Imp.—Medium late. Popular with 
canners and gardeners. Ripens evenly. 
Fruits large, flattened, deep. Smooth 
scarlet red with fine flavor. 86 days. 
Small Fruited 
Red and yellow varieties, shaped like 
minature pears plums, and cherries; 
very attractive for preserves. 
TURNIP 
For summer greens or roots, sow as 
early as radishes and lettuce, 
Then 
«cut when plants are 6” high. Sow 
again in summer for fall and winter 
use, Turnips do best when most of 
their growth is made in autumn or 
early spring. Should be grown rapidly 
for best flavor and texture. 
Early White Flat Dutch—A very early 
flat variety. Strap leaved turnip of 
medium size and fine quailty. 55 days. 
Golden Ball or Orange Jelly—Medium 
size, deep yellow with bronze-green 
top. Creamy yellow flesh of fine tex- 
ture. 65 days. 
Purple Top White Globe (fr)—All pur- 
pose variety, Large, sweet tops. Smooth, 
globe-shaped roots, purple-red above, 
white below. Sweet, tender, crisp, white 
flesh. 50 to 60 days. 
Purple-Top Strap Leaf—Home and mar- 
ket garden variety. Deep purplish-red 
on top, white below. Flesh white and 
never stringy. 

PONDEROSA TOMATOES 
Snowball—Small, erect tops. Medium 
sized roots, round, white throughout, 
crisp and tender. 45 days. 
Rutabaga or Swede Turnip 
American Purpletop—Hardy and pro- 
ductive. Tender firm, light yellow, sweet 
flesh. 88 days. 


Lime is not a fertilizer—it is a soil con- 
ditioner and should not be applied un- 
less the soil shows by test (Use Soiltex 
Outfit) that it needs it. Excesses of lime 
burn out organic matter in soil. 
Certain families of plants are poisoned 
by lime: Andromeda, Azaleas, Emboth- 
riums, Kalamias, Leptospermums, Pernet- 
tyas and Rhododendrons. 
will grow in a strongly 
alkaline soil: Genesta hispanica (Span- 
ish Broom), Cotoneaster horizontalis 
(Rock Cotoneaster), Forsythia, Buddleia 
variabilis (Butterfly bush), Veronicas, He- 
lianthemums (Sun rose), and Iris: unguic- 
ularis. 
Some plants 
There are many plants which respond 
to moderate applications of lime: Vibur- 
num (Snowball), Deutzias, Philadelphus 
(Mock Orange), Syringia (Lilac), Ceano- 
thus (Calif. wild lilac, except C. papil- 
losus), Cotoneasters, Acers (Maples), 
Berberis (Burberry), Iris (all except Calif. 
natives, Kaempferi and laevigata), Hy- 
pericum (Gold Flower), Crataegus (Haw- 





save time 
ready for. the garden. 
SW 
This year get vegetable plants... 
In season, we stock many popular vegetable 
plants. You can get tomato plants of several 
types, onions, peppers, cabbage and many others. 
This year, save yourself the time and effort 
needed to get seeds up to the transplanting stage. 
Come to our nursery and pick your own plants, 
Fertilizers Explained 
thornes), Spireas (in not too dry places), 
Buddleia (Butterfly bush), Japanese Cher- 
ries, Delphinium, Campanulas, Michael- 
mas Daisies, Anchusa, Salvias, Herba- 
ceous and tree peonies, all of the Le- 
gumes (Sweet peas, Beans, Clovers), 
many Dianthus, Carnations, Stocks, 
Clematis, etc. 
Organic fertilizers consist of Bonemeal, 
Tankage, Fish meal Guano, Manure, 
Cottonseed oil, Castor bean meal, Cyan- 
imide, Bloodmeal, etc. Humus is gener- 
ally taken to mean decayed vegetable 
matter, such as leaf mold, imported peat 
moss, domestic peat, etc. 
Chemical fertilizers are such as Sul- 
phate of ammonia, Nitrate of soda, Su- 
perphosphate, Sulphate of potash etc. 
They release their plant food rapidly. 
Nitrogen (Nit.) stimulates stem and fo- 
liage growth, intensifies color of fruit 
and flower. Overdoses cause soft, wat- 
ery top and bulb development, and in- 
creases susceptibility to injury from in- 
sects and disease, Therefore do not ap- 
. save work 


NAVLETS PLANTING GUIDE 
ply Nitrogen simples unless immediate 
stimulation or top growth is desired. 
Phosphoric acid (PhosA) hastens ma- 
turity, increases root development, aids 
in assimilation of other plant foods. 
Makes plants more resistant to disease. 
Excessive quantities usually leave no 
bad effects. 
Potash forms starch in plants, and is a 
necessary component of chlorophyll, on 
which the life of plants largely depends. 
Potash imparts vigor to plants and helps 
overcome ill effects of overdosages of 
nitrogen. Required for the development 
of leaves and woody parts of stems. 
When deficient, stems are weak and 
brittle. 
Always judge the value of a fertilizer 
by the source and percentage of its 
available plant food elements. Example: 
a 6-8-6 Formula indicates a total of 20 
units of plant food (Better if part is 
Chemical and part Organic or Natural 
than if all is Chemical): In the order 
given, 6 is 6% Nitrogen, 8 is 8% Phos- 
phoric Acid and the last 6 is 6% Potash. 


