By

PAUL WORK

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK

ORANGE JUDD PUBLISHING COMPANY, Inc. 1945

Copyright, 1942, by

ORANGE JUDD PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

The Tomato

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

General

Food Value

Cannery

Greenhouse

Breeding and Varieties

Plants for Transplanting

Fertilizers

Cultural Practices

Physiology

Diseases and Insects

Marketing

Costs and Economics

INDEX

FOOTNOTES:

Transcriber's Notes.