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Epic tomatoes : how to select & grow the best varieties of all time / Craig LeHoullier.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 255 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781612122083 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1612122086 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781612124643 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 161212464X (hbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 635/.642 23
LOC classification:
  • SB349 .L44 2015
Contents:
The origins of today's tomato -- Anatomy of a tomato -- Planning and planting -- Growing, maintenance, and care -- Harvest celebration -- Saving for the future -- Breed your own tomatoes -- Q & A -- Troubleshooting : diseases, pests, and other problems.
Summary: Savor your best tomato harvest ever! Craig LeHoullier, tomato adviser for Seed Savers Exchange, offers everything a tomato enthusiast needs to know about growing more than 200 varieties of tomatoes--from sowing seeds and planting to cultivating and collecting seeds at the end of the season. He also offers a comprehensive guide to the various pests and diseases of tomatoes and explains how best to avoid them.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Circulating Books Pennsylvania Horticultural Society New Books SB349 .L44 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3182700018282
Total holds: 0

Savor your best tomato harvest ever! Craig LeHoullier, tomato adviser for Seed Savers Exchange, offers everything a tomato enthusiast needs to know about growing more than 200 varieties of tomatoes--from sowing seeds and planting to cultivating and collecting seeds at the end of the season. He also offers a comprehensive guide to the various pests and diseases of tomatoes and explains how best to avoid them.

Includes bibliographical references (page 233) and index.

The origins of today's tomato -- Anatomy of a tomato -- Planning and planting -- Growing, maintenance, and care -- Harvest celebration -- Saving for the future -- Breed your own tomatoes -- Q & A -- Troubleshooting : diseases, pests, and other problems.

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