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Title: Vegetable forcing
Identifier: cu31924000305536 (find matches)
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Watts, Ralph Levi, 1869-
Subjects: Forcing (Plants); Vegetable gardening
Publisher: New York, Orange Judd co.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
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296 VEGETABLE FORCING of greenhouse tomatoes. Bordeaux mixture is appar- ently the best spray material to combat this disease. Various other diseases, such as Fusarium wilt, anthrac- nose, mosaic or calico leaf and bacterial blight, are often found on greenhouse tomatoes, but the most important diseases are the Leaf Mold and Blossom-End Rot.
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Fig. 95.— Each paper box holds six pounds of tomatoes, and eight boxes may be packed in a standard bushel box, such as is usci in the Boston district. Marketing.—Greenhouse tomatoes should not be har- vested until they are well colored, because quality is in- variably sacrificed if they are picked too green. If to be sold on a local market, there is no necessity for picking them before they are fully ripe. It is desirable to examine the plants at least three times a week in order to remove all specimens at the proper degree of ripeness. The fruits should be handled with great care, to avoid bruising, and it is customary to pick them with the calyx attached. Early in the forenoon is the preferable time for gathering the fruits because they are then cooler and more solid than at midday when the sun may be shining and the houses arc very warm. The fruits are wiped, if necessary, with a damp cloth and then graded. Rigid grading is absolutely necessary if a reputation for first-class fruit is desired. No. 1 or fancy grades should be free from very small, ill-shaped, cracked, bruised, spotted or otherwise defective speci-

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