Show Tomato Plants Had Poor Start Tomato plants got off ff to a s etl el poor start this year leaving many main 1 weak sneak cak plants in m mo most t fields These being in i 1 i d condition thc thc- of f dis disease cannot c n withstand the effects ease ease and insect pests which constant I constant constantly l ly work upon the ClOp crops clops It is next I to ble for these thee kind md of pI int to recover lecover under these conditIOns I Not all know that the white fly causes the curly cully top damage of sugar beet et beeta also causes the so sc called western yellow ellos blight of to tomatoes matoes The plant plank turns yellow the leases INnes curl and ind the plant m ke little grow gro groth th Some growers rO are arc c 40 This may dolittle do dolittle vs nth Ith black black leaf little good for it is 15 a contact and must hit them to kill The leafhopper leaf leafhopper leafhopper hopper will likely fast hop from plant to plant ahead of you ou when yon YOl spray Should the be present however how ho hoever however the black leif leaf 40 will control ever these insects It will be remembered that these are the small flat insects close to the leaves color and so I gr green n that they are hard bard to find which took I nearly neally the entire potato crops of 1027 7 and 1928 They The were ere on the toma toma- tomatoes tomatoes tomatoes toes as well and many of o these fields sprayed splayed ed They ar arc now doing were be and may I much damage to potatoes present on tomatoes I Dr B L Richards plant pathologist it assistant a gist t and Geor George e Knowlton gI entomologist both of the agricultural spent a day m in the county al coPe college agent DeLore Nichols with Ith county I tiou- tiou tiou-bles tiou investigating gating these this week cek The They reported that pen e experiments experiments ales bles being made on control ments are the work of both the leaf led hopper hoppe and UntIl something more delate de- de de worked out by experiments late is recommendations recommendatIOns recommendations to make the hey that lt it Richards suggests Dr keep as important for growers gro to as plants as vigorous rigorous as pos possible the he tomato tho ne necessary essary to un irrigate gate able even plenty Usual and to give than earlier The plants must of if cultivation if possible be e kept H II P Mathews district agricultural DeLore Nichols county agent |