The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-08
TO THE TOMATO CLUB
MEMBERS

To County Tomato Club Members:
Club requirements as to age, acre
age, basis of award and the six rules
governing the Tomato and Canning
Club work in the Southern States.
Age 10 to IS Years Inclusive
Acreage-One- tenth acre Tomatoes.
In addition club members are required
to can all surplus products and are
also advised to can the otherwise
waste products Of home, garden and
orchard. (See Farmers bulletin 359-.
426-521)
Basis of Award.
Equality both fresh and canned pro-
ducts 20.
Equality total pounds of vegetables
harvested and used) 20.
S-Variety of canned products (dif-
ferent receipts used) 20.
+Proft on investment 20.
5-Written history on How 1 made
and used my Tomato crop" 20.
Total 100
All club members must keep an ac-
curate account of all items of expense
receipts, observations and experiments
in connection with club plat. The Of
fetal blanks for this report will be
sent: to thosetwho have not already re-
ceived them. These blanks must be
filled out with pen.
For the benefit of club members,
and other friends I will herewith,
again, give the recipe for spraying
tomatoes. The plants should be spray
Gu with Bordeaux mixture several
times during the season. The first
spraying should be given about the
time the first fruits begin to form, or
earlier If the season is warm and
moist to prevent the plants being at
tackled by milder. If tomatoes with a
discolored brownish area about the
blossom end appear in any fruit clus-
ter they should be carefully removed
and carried out of the patch.
Fruit-rot is combatted with more
or less success by pruning and train
ing vines to admit light and air, to-
gether with the destruction of all dis
eased fruits, to prevent the spread Of
infection.
Wilt in tomatoes must be avoided
~ spraying with Bordeaux mixture.
Bordeaux Mixture.
Is made as follows: Take one pound
of lime and one pound copper sulphate
(blue stone) and dissolve them sep
arately in equal amounts Of water. in
wood or earthen vessels After they
are both in solution dilute each to six
gallons, and just before the spraying
is to be done pour the two diluted So
lutions together to form the spray
mixture. II the spraying apparatus is
small and only a portion of the mix
ture a be used at a time, take equal
quantities from each dilution and
place them in the spraying receptacle
in such a manner as to thoroughly mix
them. AS the solutions are taken from
the dilution tanks and placed in the
sprayer, they should be strained
through a fine wire gauze or a cheese
cloth screen to remove all fine parti-
cIes of lime which might clog the noz-
zle. In spraying, care should be exer-
cised to coat the under side Of the
leaves with the spray mixture as the
milder usually establishes itself first
on the under side of the leaves. The
spray pump and nozzles should be
such as to deliver a fine mist-like
spray.
NOTE. The spray pump can be pur-
chased for SOC. The Bordeaux mixture
fades and discolors shoes and clothing
therefore, only old things should be
worn while spraying. If a spray pump
is not at hand a whisk broom will an
swer but will require more labor and