Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-03-20

Stone, 1928 2oi 6 1a5 !.
So all of you can note the results of
spraying at that place. Another point
want to impress upon you is if YOU put
tomatoes in the same field that were in
fected with blight the year before, remove
the vines or burn them in the field if Won
can to prevent the spores wintering over
and making you trouble with your next
crop.
With our tomatoes we first SPRAYED in
cold frame last year. Sickness prevented
me from spraying in seed bed / sprayed
them thoroughly about week before set
ting out, and then began to spray as soon
as they had taken root in the field. After
that, whenever we had time. You must
spray thoroughly or the most of your labor
will be lost, and you will not get good
results.
Do not be afraid it will injure your
plants, or try to make few barrels do
your whole field.
In the cold frame we use pounds each
In the field we have improved on the old
formula and use pounds each with the 4
OF. of Paris green. But for those whoneyer
have sprayed would advise 5 pounds each
with the Paris green. From what spraying
| saw the past Summer, and if you do it
the same this year, it can in no sense be
considered remedy or even complete
preventive; but it will pay you, your crops
will be increased. 1t will pay you well for
the time you spend doing it.
Hyou do it as you should, do not think
you will be troubled with the blight to
any extent do not think it hurt our
crop at all during the four years we used
the mixture. Last year when it was
prevalent in our section we only found one
hill that was slightly affected, and | put 5
gallons of Bordeaux ON it and checked the
disease, and that plant picked as well as
the Others | have wandered away from
the question assigned me several times.
would like to do so again. Get the Horti-
culturist of our State interested in the
treatment of our tomatoes, even enlist the
services of the Entomologist if necessary,
and let us see if we cannot grow better
quality of tomatoes. You could get some
OF your retired farmers to experiment for
you. Most of them still own farms. Take
a plot of ground and plant tomatoes, spray
one row and leave one un-sprayed; note
the difference. 1t would prove interesting
and would be recreation also. You could
report the results of your experiments in
the meetings of the Board of Agriculture,
in your Oranges, and wherever you con-
gregate.
For the past three years it has been
nearly impossible to supply the hotels,
restaurants, steamship companies and the
trade with tomatoes of the best grade. and
to whom the price is of little consequence.
Our own commission merchants were
always short of good stock and frequently
sold Gull tomatoes that came from sprayed
plants, as | would be pleased to show you
by our bills, at higher price than some
primes, no doubt your merchants did the
same. Let us try to raise a better quality
of tomatoes, which can be done by spray
ing, and instead of the nearly worthless
and inferior stock which we ship from this
county by the thousand of crates, have
some that will bring from 80 to 81 per
crate more than some stock that has been
shipped last year.
Let US get a good name for the tomatoes
shipped from the Western part of the county
instead of the one we have now, i. e.
The growers Of Swedesboro plugs in 1900
and changed to Swedesboro blisters in
| 1901
| | trust that all growers present will
spray their tomatoes the coming season,
and that it will prove as beneficial to them
as it has to us the past four years.