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The Tomato

The Tomato

by Paul Work

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About this eBook

Author
Work, Paul, 1886-1959
Credits
Produced by Charlene Taylor, Betsie Bush, Scanned by Ray Bush and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
SB: Agriculture: Plant culture
Subject
Tomatoes
Category
Text
eBook-No.
38051
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38051
Release Date
November 18, 2011
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE TOMATO — THE TOMATO — By
  2. 2.PAUL WORK — ILLUSTRATED — NEW YORK — ORANGE JUDD PUBLISHING COMPANY, Inc. 1945 — Copyright, 1942, by — ORANGE JUDD PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC.
  3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS
  4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5.INTRODUCTION
  6. 6.The Tomato
  7. 7.THE TOMATO IS A GREAT FOOD AND CROP PLANT — Solution Culture — The Tomato Plant — Seedless Fruits
  8. 8.CHOOSE THE SOIL AND FEED THE PLANT — Nitrogen — Failure to Set Fruit — Phosphorus — Potash — Stable Manure — Placement and Side Dressing
  9. 9.THE BEST IN SEED IS NONE TOO GOOD — Breeding — Selection Methods — Certification — The Ideal Variety — Varieties
  10. 10.STRONG PLANTS FOR EARLY MATURITY AND HEAVY CROP — Open-bed Plant Growing — Southern Plants — Growing Early Plants in the North — The Place to Grow Plants — Beds, Flats and Pots — The Blocking System — Soil — Seed and Seed Sowing — Care of Seedlings — Transplanting — Pruning Young Plants — Hardening
  11. 11.GOOD CULTURE FAVORS GOOD RETURNS — Time of Planting — Plant Protectors — Spacing — Methods of Planting — Cultivation — Irrigation — Mulching
  12. 12.TO TRAIN THEM UP OR LET THEM SPREAD — Pro and Con
  13. 13.THE ETERNAL BATTLE WITH INSECTS AND DISEASES — Insects
  14. 14.SKILLFUL SELLING CROWNS THE ENTERPRISE — Harvesting — Picking Green — Ripening — Waxing — Grading — Packaging — Selling — Local Selling — Cannery Selling
  15. 15.OPERATING IN THE RED OR IN THE BLACK
  16. 16.SELECTED REFERENCES — General — Food Value — Cannery — Greenhouse — Breeding and Varieties — Plants for Transplanting — Fertilizers — Cultural Practices — Physiology — Diseases and Insects — Marketing — Costs and Economics
  17. 17.INDEX
  18. 18.FOOTNOTES:
  19. 19.Transcriber's Notes.

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