Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato

A practical manual that combines basic tomato botany and a brief history with detailed, hands-on guidance for growing and marketing fruit under varied climates and soils. It covers site and soil selection, fertilizers, seed starting, hotbeds and cold-frames, spacing, cultivation, staking, pruning, harvesting, packing, storage and shipment, plus variety adaptation, seed breeding and production for canning. Chapters on insect pests and diseases present identification and control methods. Illustrations and cost estimates accompany recommendations so gardeners, market growers and greenhouse operators can adapt practices to their own conditions.