Synopses & Reviews
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. No other book offers such a detailed look at the specifics of growing tomatoes, with beautiful photographs and helpful tomato profiles throughout.
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"Sure to excite every tomato-growing gardener … after you read it a supermarket tomato will never taste good again." Library Journal
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"Incredibly photographed and beautifully laid out, Epic Tomatoes will inspire and delight." Niki Jabbour, author of Groundbreaking Food Gardens and The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener
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"When Craig recommends a variety, we listen!" Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
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"Craig LeHoullier has been on a marathon journey with this fruit for 35 years, growing and evaluating thousands of tomatoes. His hands-on knowledge ... is now entirely accessible in Epic Tomatoes." Diane Ott Whealy, co-founder and vice president of Seed Savers Exchange
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“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
Synopsis
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.
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Sweet Success
Grow and harvest the best tomatoes ever with this practical and beautiful guide by tomato expert Craig LeHoullier. Along the way, you'll learn about this fruit's fascinating history and meet 33 of LeHoullier's favorite varieties.
About the Author
Craig LeHoullier, author of Epic Tomatoes, is 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 and Seed Savers Exchange. He's one of the founders of Tomatopalooza, an event in his hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina. His blog and website are located at nctomatoman.weebly.com.
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