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Title: Currie's farm and garden annual : spring 1930
Identifier: curriesfarmgarde19curr (find matches)
Year: 1930 (1930s)
Authors: Currie Brothers Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Milwaukee, Wis. : Currie Bros. Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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TOMATO Culture—Sow the seed in a hot-bed the first week in March, in drills half an inch deep. When the plants are about two inches high, transplant into another hot-bed or into small pots, one in each pot; in that way the plants are strengthened and branch out better. Set the plants out about the first of June, about three feet apart, for early crop, mixing a shovelful of well-rotted manure in each hill. For late crops, or where the soii is heavy plant four feet apart. Water freely when transplanting, setting the plant deep, and protect from the sun for a few days until the plants are fairly started. A few plants may be raised by sowing seed in a pot or a box in the house. Where only a few plants are grown, the vines may be trained to a single stem, removing all suckers, thus inducing earliness and superiority of fruit. 1 oz. to 1,500 plants, J4 lb. for transplanting on an acre.
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Cream City CREAM CITY TOMATO The First Large Tomato to Ripen. Remarkably Prolific. Flesh Thick and Solid. A variety of exceptional merit, coming into use as early as Early Ruby and other small and unshapely extra early sorts. It is perfectly smooth and symmetrical in shape, and as large as Perfection. The plants are strong and vigorous, bearing an abundance of large, smooth fruit of a beautiful purplish crimson color. The flesh is remarkably thick, firm and solid, and of very fine quality with very few seeds. It is an excellent shipper. Does not crack or rot, as is the case with many of the old sorts. It is known to be the most profitable tomato for the market gardener and trucker, and is unsurpassed for canning purposes. Pkt., 10c; y2 oz., 25c; 1 oz., 45c; 2 ozs., 85c; % lb., $1.50; 1 lb., $4.75. COOPER'S SPECIAL—A great treat for tomato lovers, free from acid, medium in size and globe shaped and matures early. The color is a rich pinkish red and it is quite free from all the diseases to which tomatoes are liable. Pkt., 20c; oz., 85c. BONNY BEST—Very early, large, smooth variety. The color is scarlet, the flavor fine. A heavy cropper and a good forcing sort. Pkt., 10c; y2 oz., 25c; 1 oz., 40c; y lb., $1.20; 1 lb., $4.00. EARLIANA—Extra selected. Of this favorite early sort, we offer a strain saved from selected fruits only. This variety is the earliest of all the large, smooth, bright red sorts, is wonderfully prolific, and is a particularly profitable tomato for market gard- eners and truckers. Pkt., 10c; J/2 oz., 25c; 1 oz., 40c; y lb., $1.15; 1 lb., $3.50. CHALK'S EARLY JEWEL—A very popular, extra early to- mato. Not as early as Earliana, but fruits are smoother and larger. Color bright red; flavor excellent. Pkt., 10c; y2 oz., 25c; 1 oz., 40c; YA lb., $1.20; 1 lb., $4.00. JOHN BAER—An early red variety, similar to the well-known Chalk's Early Jewel, and earlier. It is one of those "Can'1 Be Beat" varieties, smooth and prolific. Pkt., 10c; y2 oz., 25c; 1 oz., 40c; y lb., $1.20; 1 lb., $4.00.

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