The Garden.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 2 July 1891, Page 3

The Garden.

f| he, rotting of green tomatoes just as ftlejr begin to ripen is a phenomenon qf&n noticed, but of which we have seen no adequate explanation. Perhaps we will not be able to fully explain it. but a few facts may help to a solution of the problem. The preseb) year (1890), by the way \ the rotting of tomatoes has been more general, and seemed to continue longer than usual. It is only the first tqmatoes that rot provided the firsfc , Aye picked off . and destroyed. The disease is a fungus,, and apparently has power, to propogate itself with great rnpiMty, after the manner of this kind if vegetation. From ; t&e fact that as the vine acquire8 v nmturity the* rotting ceases, it has been inferred that it " is orig?j?aWd.'..by an excess of sap or moisture in the stalk, which' thus breaks out and causes rot in the fruit. Tne groat amount qf water falling in June and early in July giYfte $me show of reason for this theory, It may also be from lack of potash or other mineral element needed to produce the seed that the rot occurs. Up to the time of theiirst fruiting the plant has had 'little' demand for potash or other mineral elements. It is at first unprepared fdr the unexpected call. Later the plant provides the potash or whatever else the growing .fruit may require, and the rotting ceases, though where vines are allowed to overbear it may continue "through the season. Wood V* ashes are,in our experience; an excellent ferfeliser for tomatoes,, and where th^yjare used the rot of the fruit causes little trouble.— American Cultivator. ' i ■

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