. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1814 TOMATO TOMATO leads to a method of culture which differs somewhat from that usually recommended. We plant the seed in flats placed in a greenhouse or hotbed, some forty to fifty days before we think the plant can be set in the field without danger of frost, or what is quite as bad, a cold, dry wind-storm.
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1814 TOMATO TOMATO leads to a method of culture which differs somewhat from that usually recommended. We plant the seed in flats placed in a greenhouse or hotbed, some forty to fifty days before we think the plant can be set in the field without danger of frost, or what is quite as bad, a cold, dry wind-storm. As soon as the plants can be handled (which ought to be ten or twelve days from the sowing of the seed), we transplant into other flats or into cold- frames, setting them 2 to 4 inches apart according to the space available and the desired size of the plants wlien set in the field. We have never failed to get better^results froin plants which had been transplanted but once (and that when very small) and had been kept in constant growth, than from those which were, started earlier and kept of a practical size for setting in the field by repeated transplanting and pruning. We aim to give the young plants light, heat, water, and above all air, in such proportions as to secure a constant and steady growth, forming stocky, vigorous. ¥M 2519. A prolific Tomato, the result of training to a single stem. plants able to stand erect when set in the fleld, even if they are a little wilted. A plant which has once bowed its head suffers from it forever. For Tomatoes we prefer a field that has been made rich by fertilization in previous years, but if manure is used we aim to have it thoroughly worked into the soil. There is no crop in which this is of greater importance than with Tomatoes. If we have to depend upon com- mercial fertilizers we select those comparatively rich in nitrogen and potash, and work in two-thirds of it just before setting the plants and the balance some four or five w
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