Tantalizing Tomatoes - Brooklyn Botanic Garden All-Region Guide Author:Karan Davis Cutler (Editor) From planting tips to pruning hints, from instructions on starting seeds to scrumptious recipes, this indispensable guide includes everything you need to know about growing America's favorite vegetable. Also includes an extensive list of suppliers of the hardest to find heirlooms and the most disease-resistant hybrids, and more! Color photos... more ».
Contents:
From wolf peach to outer space: tomato history & lore / Karan Davis Cutler --
Tomato terms: or, what is an F1 hybrid, anyway? / Karan Davis Cutler --
Off & running: getting started, outdoors & in / Shepherd Ogden --
In the garden: keeping things growing / Paul Dunphy --
What's at stake: six ways to trellis tomatoes / Jane Good --
Protecting the crop: natural pest & disease remedies / Barbara Ellis --
In extremis: coping with difficult climes / et al. --
Pick of the patch : the experts' choices --
One tomatoe, two tomatoes: a guide to cultivars --