Tomato Culture [Illustrated]

A Practical Treatise on the Tomato, Its History, Characteristics, Planting, Fertilization, Cultivation etc.

This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents

CONTENTS
Preface
CHAPTER I Botany of the Tomato
CHAPTER II History
CHAPTER III General Characteristics of the Plant
CHAPTER IV Essentials for Development
CHAPTER V Selection of Soil for Maximum Crop
CHAPTER VI Exposure and
CHAPTER VII Fertilizers
CHAPTER VIII Preparation of the Soil
CHAPTER IX Hotbeds and Cold-frames
CHAPTER X Starting Plants
CHAPTER XI Proper Distance for Planting
CHAPTER XII Cultivation
CHAPTER XIII Staking, Training and Pruning
CHAPTER XIV Ripening, Gathering, Handling and Marketing the Fruit
CHAPTER XV Adaptation of Varieties
CHAPTER XVI Seed Breeding and Growing
CHAPTER XVII Production for Canning
CHAPTER XVIII Cost of Production
CHAPTER XIX Insects Injurious to the Tomato
CHAPTER XX Tomato Diseases

About the Author
WILL W. TRACY Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture