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Rule One—Limit your acreage to your capacities. 
Ten well grown acres are far more profitable than 25 
badly grown acres. ! iq 
Land—1. It must be well drained. q 
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 vdrieties), 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. 7 | 
We also recommend quick dipping of the foliage in: 
Lead arsenate 2 lb., 66% oil emulsion Y2 pt., in 12% 
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 worthtwo 
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 


