THE HOUSEHOLD - Vol. 20 - March 1887

Oct 6, 2026

Brattleboro, Vermont, March 1887 issue of The Household presents practical home and farm guidance for daily work. The text discusses cultivating tomatoes, including planting dates, soil warmth, spacing, manuring amounts, training and supports, and comparing early varieties by ripening time and market results. It also offers advice on maintaining trimmed yard and roadside areas, mowing schedules, weed control, and preventing debris from cluttering highways to improve appearance and upkeep.

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Tomatoes cultivation

Planting timing and spacing

Manuring and training supports

Variety comparison and harvest results

Keep door yards trimmed up

Mowing and grass cutting schedule

Weed prevention and roadside maintenance

The household.Vol.20,No.3 March 1887 Brattleboro,Vt.:Geo.E.Crowell,March 1887 https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SNTRM4UBS7HSE86 Based on date of publication,this material is presumed to be in the publicdomain. For information on re-use see: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/Copyright The libraries provide public access to a wide range of material,including online exhibits,digitizedcollections,archival finding aids,our catalog,online articles,and a growing range of materials in manymedia. When possible,we provide rights information in catalog records,finding aids,and other metadata thataccompanies collections or items.However,it is always the user's obligation to evaluate copyright andrights issues in light of their own use. k BRATTLEBORO,VT.,MARCH,1887. No.3· Vol.20. 9,多00 人 | THE HOUSEHOLD.
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A DOMESTIC JOURNAL.
CEO.E.TCROWELL,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR,
CEOSBY BLOCK,-MAIN STREET,
BRATTLEBORO,VT.
18110 per year.Single copy,10 cents. | fifth to tenth of Mav,they produce but
little fruit and that very poor,Irregular,
and small in quantity,when if planted
the twentieth to the thirtieth of May the
soil is warm and the plant is not checked
in growth,will bear earler,better,and
much more fruit,continuing longer.
When the time approaches,set the plants
in rows two feet by four,leaving a ball
of earth on the roots if convenient.
Tomatoes can be highly manured or
not.Too much manure causes unneces-
sary growth,making them late in setting
fruit,consequently late to ripen,picking
but a few before frost,and destroying a
large quantity of green ones.I prefer
ordinary or medium manuring,spreading
broadcast,or a handful of guano or super-
phosphate spread broadcast and raked in
where the plant is to grow;this gives
suflcient growth of vine,earlier toma-
toes and a good crop of smooth,solid
fruit less liable to decay in ripening.
There are several ways of training and
cultivating.Some prefer training to a
stake or pole four to six feet long,pinch-
ing off the side shoots as they appear,
tieing the one shoot to the pole every
few inches as it continnes to grow,nip-
ping the.end when sufflcient fruit is set.
Two barrel hoops nalled to three stakes
six inches apart,about two feet long also
makes an exeellent support when placed
around the plant.A rack fifteen inches
high made of strips one by two inches for
stakes and rests,either flat or spreading
both sides three feet or more high,is a
good support.An ordinary barrel with-
out heads sawed in halves,placed the
largest end downward over the plant
makes an excellent suport and serves as
a shade to the roots,answering the same
purpose as mulch in keeping the roots
moist in dry weather.They do well and
bear good crops when allowed to grow
and cover the ground,but in wetweather
are more liable to decay if not picked as
soon as ripe.
Some inquire which is my best early
variety,to those I will say,during the
last season I planted nine leading varie-
ties viz.:Beauty,Acme,Favorite,Para
gon,Perfection,Essex Hybrld,Trophy,
Cardinal,Mikado.The seed was sown
March twentieth and all planted in same
location May thirtieth,in open ground.
The first ripe tomatoes were picked from
the Beauty July fourteenth.The Eesex
Hybrid and Acme July twenty-six,while
Trophy,Favorite,Cardinal and others
appeared to ripen about the same time
August two to fve.I picked more ripe
tomatoes by fully one-third,from the
Beanty than any other variety,selling for
elght cents per pound,whlle the other ya
rietles following two weeks later sold for
four and flve cents per pound. On Oeto-
Ler third,when the first severe frost
kil

FAQs

How does the issue advise timing tomato planting for better fruit?

It recommends waiting until the twentieth to the thirtieth of May when the soil is warm and growth will not be checked, to bear earlier and continue longer.

What manuring approach is suggested for tomatoes?

It favors ordinary or medium manuring rather than too much, since excessive manure can cause unnecessary vine growth and delay fruiting and ripening.

What yard maintenance practices does the issue recommend?

It advises early and frequent mowing of door yards along paths, keeping grass under control so clothes can be aired, killing weeds before they seed, and mowing roadside borders while avoiding letting debris accumulate in the highway.

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