WATERING 
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er may be given to the roots at any time, but should never 
Ber spriniied over tne leaves while they are exposed to the bright 
sunshine. One copious watering is better than many sprinklings. 
The ground should always be stirred before it becomes so very 
dry as to cake or crack. Too much watering or rainfall during 
the growing season will result in excessive vine growth and 
light sets of fruit. 
TRAINING AND PRUNING 
Of course, it is not necessary that the vines be trained or 
pruned but this does have certain advantages, Stakes may be 
set and the plants pruned to a single stem, tying perpendicular 
to the stake with cord. This is rather an expensive process 
and not followed by most commercial growers. Many, however, 
pinch out all lateral branches as soon as they appear and con- 
fine the growth to one stem. When several clusters of fruits are 
set on, the vines are topped; this stops further growth of the 
vine and concentrates the energy of the plant toward maturing 
the fruits that are already set. Advocates of this system claim 
larger fruits and several days of earliness over unpruned plants. 
There is more danger of spread of certain diseases with pruned 
than with unpruned tomatoes. ; 
Cultivate as long as the vine will permit. The last two or 
three workings of the soil should be very shallow, 
Earliness of tomatoes may be increased as much as a week or 
ten days by use of super-phosphate or commercial fertilizer. This 
is best supplied as a solution to the roots of the plants at the 
time of transplanting. Some Southern growers have found it 
advantageous to plant about half as many hills of corn in the 
field as there are tomato plants. This provides much needed 
shade and guards against hot winds. It is claimed sunburning 
is lessened and yields increase by this method. Others stake the 
flelds and similarly plant pole beans instead of corn. 
SPRAYING AND DUSTING 
In some localities it is necessary to maintain a strict spray- 
ing schedule, once in the seedbed and twice after transplanting, 
using a fixed copper or other good fungicide. One spray should 
contain Marlate for control of flea beetles, tomato fruit worm 
and pinworm. If late control is necessary, repeat spraying using 
Marlate or Rotenone dust one week before picking starts, 
PSYLLID 
This minute insect often attacks tomatoes and the gardener 
loses his crop without determining the cause. They are very 
small and appear somewhat like aphides. The tomato leaves 
turn grey and roll although there is no wilting. The leaves 
become hard and the plants stunted. A very few psyllid can 
permanently injure the tomato plant. We Suggest dusting with 
sulphur at the rate of 75 lbs. per acre. 
Please remember that sulphur can be used on tomato plants, 
but be careful that the wind does not blow it over on canta- 
loupe, cucumber and some other crops as sulphur will kill them. 
Our ‘Super Select” seed is th d lant t¢ 
Tomato cia tie dihe: is the same grade we plant to 
SUPER SELECT TOMATO SEED 
For Greenhouse Growers and Market Growers Wishing 
the Best Selection of Tomato Seed 
The growing of tomatoes in greenhouses for the fancy winter market 
requires a rather heavy initial investment and mainten 
seed. We stake and save seed from a few of the very finest Plants we 
are able to find in our seed flelds, which in turn 
the finest possible selection of line bred stock Beet peck et Oils aaa 
We offer Burrell’s Super Select grade of the following varieties: 
Canners Jewel, Earlypak, Firesteel, Grothen’s Globe, Marbon, 
Improved Pearson, Rutgers, Marglobe, Wisconsin No. 55. (Pkt. 50c) 
(4 02. $1.50) (oz. $5.00) (14 Ib. $18.00) (Ib. $70.00) postpaid. 
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