Epic Tomatoes: How to Select and Grow the Best Varieties of All Time

by Craig LeHoullier

Overview

Savor your best tomato harvest ever! Craig LeHoullier provides everything a tomato enthusiast needs to know about growing more than 200 varieties of tomatoes, from planting to cultivating and collecting seeds at the end of the season. He also offers a comprehensive guide to various pests and tomato diseases, explaining how best to avoid them. With beautiful photographs and intriguing tomato profiles throughout, Epic Tomatoes celebrates one of the most versatile and delicious crops in your garden. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612124643
Publisher:	Storey Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	12/30/2014
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	161,466
Product dimensions:	8.81(w) x 11.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Craig LeHoullier is the author of Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales and Epic Tomatoes and the tomato adviser for Seed Savers Exchange. In the last 30 years, he has trialed more than 1,200 tomato varieties and has introduced more than 100 varieties to the trade. He lectures widely, from local Master Gardener groups to Monticello, the Philadelphia and Northwest Flower Shows, and Seed Savers Exchange. 

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction


1 The Origins of Today's Tomato

2 Anatomy of a Tomato

3 Planning and Planting

4 Growing, Maintenance, and Care

5 Harvest Celebration

6 Saving for the Future

7 Breed Your Own Tomatoes

8 Q & A

9 Troubleshooting (Diseases, Pests, and Other Problems)


Recommended Tomatoes

Resources and Sources

Glossary

Acknowledgments

Index

Editorial Reviews

2016 GWA Media Awards Gold Medal Winner - Best Overall Book

“All the descriptions and growing information, enhanced by the book's snappy cover art, engaging design, and clever interior layout, make it easy to see how anyone could be smitten by this remarkable and quirky fruit.”
— The American Gardener

“A must-read for all serious tomato growers…you’ll want to read this cover to cover as soon as you get it.”
— Sunday News Herald

“The ultimate in-depth and practical ode to heirloom tomatoes. ... Gardeners will find it a mouthwatering read, and the photography will make you yearn for scratch-sniff-and-taste paper.”
— Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier

“Revel in the amazing variety of tomato colors, tastes, and textures … LeHoullier's book is a treat for the senses.”
— HGTVGardens.com

 

From the Publisher

★ 12/01/2014
LeHoullier (aka NCTomatoMan) has turned his passion for all things tomato into a book that is sure to excite every tomato-growing gardener. The author discusses the many aspects of tomato growing from seed sprouting and staking to when to pick for peak ripeness and seed saving. In addition, he tells the history of the tomato and relates the stories of well-known varieties, such as Brandywine and the not-so-well-known, such as Mexico Midget. LeHoullier recommends 250 of his favorite tomatoes, ranging from red to black, large to small, and sweet to tart. He also includes a section addressing the most basic questions about tomato growing and a problem-solving section to help gardeners figure out what might be troubling their plants and fruit. VERDICT Well written and easy to follow with gorgeous color photos and charts for comparing different varieties, this is a must-have for anyone who grows tomatoes, whether novice or expert. Always upbeat and friendly, the book is full of LeHoullier's experience and advice; after you read it a supermarket tomato will never taste good again.—Stefanie Hollmichel, Univ. of St. Thomas Law Lib., Minneapolis

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