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    The Tomato
    The Tomato
    The Tomato
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    The Tomato

    By Paul Work

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    This vintage book is a complete guide to the tomato, being a treatise on history, benefits, common problems, growing, harvesting, marketing, and many other related aspects. Easy-to-digest and profusely illustrated, this vintage handbook is a wealth of timeless information, and will be of considerable utility to novice growers. Contents include: ”The Tomato is a Great Food and Drop Plant”, ”Choose the Soil and Feed The Plant”, ”The Best in Seed is None too Good”, ”Strong Plants for Early Maturity and Heavy Crop”, ”Good Culture Favours Good Returns”, ”To Train Them Up or Let Them Spread”, ”The Eternal Battle with Insects and Diseases”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing ”The Tomato” now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on growing vegetables.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateJul 31, 2015
    ISBN9781473376847
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      The Tomato - Paul Work

      THE TOMATO

      By

      PAUL WORK

      Professor of Vegetable Crops, Cornell University

      Editor of Market Growers Journal

      ILLUSTRATED

      Copyright © 2013 Read Books Ltd.

      This book is copyright and may not be

      reproduced or copied in any way without

      the express permission of the publisher in writing

      British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

      Contents

      Fruit Growing

      INTRODUCTION

      I

      THE TOMATO IS A GREAT FOOD

      AND CROP PLANT

      Solution Culture

      The Tomato Plant

      Seedless Fruits

      II

      CHOOSE THE SOIL AND FEED

      THE PLANT

      Nitrogen

      Failure to Set Fruit

      Phosphorus

      Potash

      Stable Manure

      Placement and Side Dressing

      III

      THE BEST IN SEED IS NONE

      TOO GOOD

      Breeding

      Selection Methods

      Certification

      The Ideal Variety

      Varieties

      IV

      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

      V

      GOOD CULTURE FAVORS

      GOOD RETURNS

      Time of Planting

      Plant Protectors

      Spacing

      Methods of Planting

      Cultivation

      Irrigation

      Mulching

      VI

      TO TRAIN THEM UP OR LET

      THEM SPREAD

      Pro and Con

      VII

      THE ETERNAL BATTLE WITH

      INSECTS AND DISEASES

      Insects

      VIII

      SKILLFUL SELLING CROWNS

      THE ENTERPRISE

      Harvesting

      Picking Green

      Ripening

      Waxing

      Grading

      Packaging

      Selling

      Local Selling

      Cannery Selling

      IX

      OPERATING IN THE RED OR IN

      THE BLACK

      SELECTED REFERENCES

      FOOTNOTES:

      Fruit Growing

      Inbotany, a fruit is a part of a flowering plant that derives from specific tissues of the flower, one or more ovaries, and in some cases accessory tissues. In common language use though, ‘fruit’ normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of a plant that are sweet or sour, and edible in the raw state, such as apples, oranges, grapes, strawberries, bananas, and lemons. Many fruit bearing plants have grown alongside the movements of humans and animals in a symbiotic relationship, as a means for seed dispersal and nutrition respectively. In fact, humans and many animals have become dependent on fruits as a source of food. Fruits account for a substantial fraction of the world’s agricultural output, and some (such as the apple and the pomegranate) have acquired extensive cultural and symbolic meanings. Today, most fruit is produced using traditional farming practices, in large orchards or plantations, utilising pesticides and often the employment of hundreds of workers. However, the yield of fruit from organic farming is growing – and, importantly, many individuals are starting to grow their own fruits and vegetables. This historic and incredibly important foodstuff is gradually making a come-back into the individual garden.

      The scientific study and cultivation of fruits is called ‘pomology’, and this branch of methodology divides fruits into groups based on plant morphology and anatomy. Some of these useful subdivisions broadly incorporate ‘Pome Fruits’, including apples and pears, and ‘Stone Fruits’ so called because of their characteristic middle, including peaches, almonds, apricots, plums and cherries. Many hundreds of fruits, including fleshy fruits like apple, peach, pear, kiwifruit, watermelon and mango are commercially valuable as human food, eaten both fresh and as jams, marmalade and other preserves, as well as in other recipes. Because fruits have been such a major part of the human diet, different cultures have developed many varying uses for fruits, which often do not revolve around eating. Many dry fruits are used as decorations or in dried flower arrangements, such as lotus, wheat, annual honesty and milkweed, whilst ornamental trees and shrubs are often cultivated for their colourful fruits (including holly, pyracantha, viburnum, skimmia, beautyberry and cotoneaster).

      These widespread uses, practical as well as edible, make fruits a perfect thing to grow at home; and dependent on location and climate – they can be very low-maintenance crops. One of the most common fruits found in the British countryside (and towns for that matter) is the blackberry bush, which thrives in most soils – apart from those which are poorly drained or mostly made of dry or sandy soil. Apple trees are, of course, are another classic and whilst they may take several years to grow into a well-established tree, they will grow nicely in most sunny and well composted areas. Growing one’s own fresh, juicy tomatoes is one of the great pleasures of summer gardening, and even if the gardener doesn’t have room for rows of plants, pots or hanging baskets are a fantastic solution. The types, methods and approaches to growing fruit are myriad, and far too numerous to be discussed in any detail here, but there are always easy ways to get started for the complete novice. We hope that the reader is inspired by this book on fruit and fruit growing – and is encouraged to start, or continue their own cultivations. Good Luck!

      FREDERICK J. PRITCHARD 1874-1931

      Originator of tomato varieties of improved type and resistant to disease

      INTRODUCTION

      Why should there be a book on tomatoes? The world is full of bulletins of experiment stations, of articles in periodicals and of general books on vegetables which include discussion of tomatoes.

      An incomplete set of tomato bulletins includes over 350 documents. Many of these are no longer available. Many are of no great value but contribute this or that small item.

      The task of a book like this is to offer between two covers, a summary of what seem the most significant facts and opinions about the third most important vegetable crop in the United States.

      The tomato is one of the most rewarding crops for the home garden. A little space yields heavily, from half a peck to a peck per plant without difficulty. It grows well practically everywhere in the States, affording high nutritional values whether used fresh or canned. And people do like tomatoes, whether as salad, cooked vegetable, or condiment.

      Competition among growers and among districts makes

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