St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-01-17
Tomato Culture.

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As ! had an article N last week
Farmer urg ng farmers to grow to
lmotaes for cann,np nnrnnsaa +h,,,
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S~AAAesA1e =
eoy W now tue crop snoulo De grown
1or tnls purpose.
The nrsr tnanr 10 remambe in thai
Won canno. srow ,or,a.,a, -. - :,
~' As4 s1
SNAe pu4 poscs a1u ioI canning puF'
poses on the same method. The crop
even with the same variety Of tOma.
toes, must be handled u1uerantly.
!, nm. gr..w .., 80,
80 sS--se - ''p
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nos oe.s ~" Auiseo e4ioasa Luz
"4A.ol. A4sef Tue AAruest bA!t u
~ W4Aeei 70 osci eAe paAAes Are tAAeA
1io1a eao MOI Oeos ANU sol IN Svi.A
lts,---es sAere .uey WI grow 1At-a
AAe- AsASet - pest, ta0h tney aTe
eet ~ tAe uelo. 1Aea tao plaAls
Must % rushed as much ~ pOssl1i.
AZ oraer ~ gel them on the msrAst
esly. ie ntaAea Tor every piAAt
cost something Anu .nei tue iruu0is
VI ey-At w every viant anQ keep NJ
sneM bf4nsu Meaus y aot' VI t.Ae
consuA4eo n making the crop. Ia-s
netnoa win not 40 IN making : TOE
MAto crop Tor canning purposes. ~
- loo costly. Taxes 100 mdcn labor
LOT the returns.
rof canning the SEED should not
% sown until about tho last week n
r'eDruAry anu tney eau De sown ~
Deos Maae on the oraer OF . cold
frame 30 the plants can be pfOtecteA
from frost. Al tnat date 1t = sener-
ally warm enough 70 get the seed "
xermlnase without any neat. the on4y
uanser g the late frost tnat nigA.
Come IN March ana l.ght canvas Wiii
project them 1lom tn.s. me piant~
eau grow ~ these frames 0nIa lA~.
are ready tor the held.
Inc 0est variety 10 grow TOR can
ming purposes II this climate y tas
StOAe. lAAs tomato - rank grow
er and 10 marcy ana more able y
resist disease than any Of the OtnerS.
It does not take the bloom ana 6rown
rot quite IS bad as the others either,
md - RAINY weather when such var
lies as Acme. Earliana. Greater baa-
Llmore. !. X.sL.. Big Red, are rottinA
Dauiy stone will remain in good con-
1ittoD. .sx1un1hn.
Any SOL that will Grow meiOns,
pOtal0es or cucumbers. Will grow To-
The main POINT = 20 ave
Lile sol we'll drained And - g0oA
'aape, thoroughly pulverlsed attea
beng plowed de and Il the netS
. Inclined TO De wet after you nave
ions dItching properly throF W
TODD big beds about twelve sfeee Apart
md then plant out three rows o. TO-
laat0eA n cheeks On tnas D-9 oe4.
Lthss WlIl give the soil better drA.n
Ige tnan having rows close toGetAes
Is Is usually the case. Wet so.l -
RrLiy the cause OF 80 much trouote
Nth wilt ana blight IN, this vic-ntty
MI by not using the right kind q
u Till er.
IA transplant4ng the Dlants from
.ane to neid De sure that the ro0st
re nNt exposed to the direct rays q
,e sun for any length OF time, - !.
IL d 1nt the plant quicker than AM
mr. elise. Keep the roots mOlst y
ucn ass possible. II the plants hayt
rown uIN too much be sure and ses
lem deelS down in the ground. ~
St leave them standing up too high
3oye the ground. A good rule 4
, place two, Hh1ras OF the plant und9s ~
.ound. II the plants are SO telA
lat you cannot set them stra 81
,wn take Noe aud make = trent i
ngth ways thu row and lay the bod 3
. stem Of the plant n this trench 4
ID cover good. In sew days roots
IL start throughout tie length OF Z
e stem and form heavy root sys, I
m. which VII cause thi, plant y 8
ow more rapidly. fy
Cultivation shouA begin gpon after 5
ing set out IN the oeld and always
ltivate very lightly. The firsst cul d
ration should be done with . cul- j
,ator or Pope side harrow, then foi- Il
= with small sweeps, or PlaAe III
!. cultivator with the little ploys
tached would answer the purpoe0 YC
, not use any implement that viii 5,
ar the roots up to be exposed to i
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