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Show Cain Satisfaction Growing Tomatoes Like to grow your own tomatoes? You are not alone. By far the' mo6t popular garden vegetable grown is the - season and cod temperatures can select the varieties with the shorter maturity periods. For the higher areas, tomatoes in tomato. So says Gallup the 65 day period would be Organization, Inc. A national about maximum. Gardeners in other areas garden survey conducted by them indicated that about 87 can enjoy an extended of percent of all respondents season grow tomatoes in the gar- tomatoes fresh from the den. garden by selecting several Utah gardeners register different maturing varieties. the same or perhaps an even Tomatoes Hamson different for greater preference for suggests tomatoes. Almost everyone maturity periods are: who grows vegetables in cherry type tomatoes Presto Utah seems to be interested and Toy Boy (60 days) in tomatoes, according to producing a profusion of questions and comments uniform deep red fruits received by Extension inches in diameter on small specialists and county vines, excellent for salads and eaten whole; Early Girl agents over the state. Alvin R. Hamson, Utah (55 days) and Early Cascade State University Extension Hybrids (65 days) with horticulture specialist, said medium size, smooth,, pink the questions received or red fruits, resistant to regarding . which varieties cracking, suited well for will grow sparked the slicing, in salads and home varietal testing program canning; Moreton Hybrid conducted at the USU (65 days) producing a inHorticultural strong, Farmington vigorous, Farm by the Extension determinate vine with large, Service and Agricultural firm smooth fruit, excellent for fresh slicing, salads and Experiment Station. It is no wonder tomatoes, canning; the open pollinated one of the most versatile of DX 2 (70 days), detervegetables, are so popular minate but with sufficient with Utah growers. The foliage to protect fruits from varietal tests at Farmington sun scaling in late summer, have singled out varieties large, firm, smooth, deep suitable for most locations in red fruits with high solid the state. Gardeners in those content, outstanding quality areas with a relatively short for natural canning, growing sun-ripen- 52-1- tsiaiwaaiii. F3 resistance to Blossom End Rot and Verticillum Wilt. For an unusually sweet, flavorful tomato that is well adapted for growing in tomato cages or on trellis, Hamson suggests the variety Sweet 100. Hundreds of small, smooth, firm, sweet and unusually flavorful fruits are developed on the cascading vines. Choice vegetable varieties suited to Utah are indicated in Extension Circular 313 available from each County Extension office. Not all seedsmen have all varieties, but Hamson says they are available if you seek out the sources early. Those who are anxious for extra early production might start some tomatoes in a greenhouse, a bay window or such place where there is good light, then transplant them in the garden when the temperature has warmed sufficiently. Plants grown in gallon size containers can have fruits about one inch in diameter when they are put in the garden. The plants growing in the house will need to be vibrated each day when they are flowering to achieve pollination. When transplanting, be careful not to disturb the soil around the roots. Place the plants a little deeper than tanned cork sole and heel Sizes 6 oil Anti-sli- p 947 SEE US FOR THE BIGGEST WORK SHOE SELECTION IN TOWN. u I K3 & ' I dj C3T1 c move it into the soil. Apply when tomatoes are 1 inch they were in the transplanting container. Put about a pint per plant of diameter. highly soluable phosphorus starter fertilizer in the hole with the plant. Hamson says this will cause the roots to To generate quickly. enhance growth, he suggests also adding a handful of 2 Diseases and insects should not be too much of a problem with the tomatoes. Hamson says the varieties suggested here are resistant to Verticillum Wilt. A systemic mildew disease new to Utah does threaten. ratio (twice as much phosphorus as nitrogen) fertilizer about 6 inches deep and about the same distance to the side of each Tomato hornworms, the most fearsome looking of the insects bothering tomatoes, can be picked off and destroyed or sprayed with a bacterial type insecticide, such as Thuricide or Dipel. Hamson says this is a perfectly safe insecticide also used for controlling cabbage worms and loopers on broccoli cabbage, and cauliflower. 4-- Sherman Thomson, Extension plant pathologist, plant the day they are transplanted. A little more Ammonium one handful row, along furrow and nitrate, about per five foot of suggests starting protection with a spray of wetable sulfur a couple weeks after in the transplanting tomatoes. More information on this disease will be provided through the county Extension offices. foliage cover can be stimulated by spreading the irrigation let the water Hamson assures that people who seek enjoyment with plants can gain much satisfaction growing tomatoes. They and their families can enjoy the fruits of their labors both fresh and bottled. , IHV UARTERS IIUKBff FIT COME S FIRST! 8' t3 y MSI SHOE r. itr-- W Cushion crepe sole tor wear on concrete Sizes 6 PLYWOOD $099 Sheet 1x1012 18 FENCING 1x6x6 101 FOR OXFORDS. BOOTS OR SAFETY SHOES... Bd. Ft. Bundles. 21 MOST SIZES AVAILABLE Safely toe Regular toe 8 Inch, oil tanned Leather, vlbramsole8.heel & Sizes 5 15 B EE 2218 699 Bd. Ft. 2x10 Length 23 Bd. Ft. 2x10 Random Length FIR FIR Any 15 Bd. 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