Tomato Culture
by W. W. Tracy
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About this eBook
- Author
- Tracy, W. W. (William Warner), 1845-1922
- Title
- Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato
- Credits
- Produced by Tom Roch, Louise Pattison and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images produced by Core Historical Literature in Agriculture (CHLA), Cornell University)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- SB: Agriculture: Plant culture
- Subject
- Tomatoes
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 28011
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28011
- Release Date
- February 6, 2009
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.TOMATO CULTURE
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.ILLUSTRATIONS — TOMATO CULTURE
- 5.CHAPTER I — Botany of the Tomato
- 6.CHAPTER II — History
- 7.CHAPTER III — General Characteristics of the Plant
- 8.CHAPTER IV — Essentials for Development
- 9.CHAPTER V — Selection of Soil for Maximum Crop
- 10.CHAPTER VI — Exposure and Location
- 11.CHAPTER VII — Fertilizers
- 12.CHAPTER VIII — Preparation of the Soil
- 13.CHAPTER IX — Hotbeds and Cold-frames
- 14.CHAPTER X — Starting Plants
- 15.CHAPTER XI — Proper Distance for Planting
- 16.CHAPTER XII — Cultivation
- 17.CHAPTER XIII — Staking, Training and Pruning
- 18.CHAPTER XIV — Ripening, Gathering, Handling and Marketing the Fruit
- 19.CHAPTER XV — Adaptation of Varieties
- 20.CHAPTER XVI — Seed Breeding and Growing
- 21.CHAPTER XVII — Production for Canning
- 22.CHAPTER XVIII — Cost of Production
- 23.CHAPTER XIX — Insects Injurious to the Tomato
- 24.CHAPTER XX — Tomato Diseases — DISEASES NOT CAUSED BY FUNGI OR INSECTS — DISEASES CAUSED BY PARASITES — DISEASES OF THE FRUIT — DISEASES OF THE ROOT OR STEM
- 25.INDEX
- 26.Transcriber's Notes
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