CHAPTER I Botany of the Tomato CHAPTER III General Characteristics of the Plant CHAPTER IV Essentials for Development CHAPTER V Selection of Soil for Maximum Crop CHAPTER VI Exposure and Location CHAPTER VIII Preparation of the Soil CHAPTER IX Hotbeds and Cold-frames CHAPTER XI Proper Distance for Planting 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 TOMATO CULTUREA PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE TOMATO, ITS HISTORY, CHARACTERISTICS, PLANTING, FERTILIZATION, CULTIVATION IN FIELD, GARDEN, AND GREENHOUSE, HARVESTING, PACKING, STORING, MARKETING, INSECT ENEMIES AND DISEASES, WITH METHODS OF CONTROL AND REMEDIES, ETC., ETC. By ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK ORANGE JUDD COMPANY 1907 To IN HONOR OF HIS LIFELONG EFFORTS FOR THE Copyright, 1907, by All rights reserved [Pg iv] WHERE NEW VARIETIES OF TOMATOES ARE DEVELOPED AND TESTED(By courtesy American Agriculturist. Photo by Prof. W. G. Johnson) |