THE TOMATO TEXT

Greenhouse culture, 18 Greenhouses for plant growing, 58 Ground cherry, 51 Gulf State Market, 50 Guthrie, J. D., 21 Hardening, 68 Harvesting, 93 Harvey, R. B., 69 Hepler, J. H., 33 Heterosis, 39 History, 15 Hitchcock, A. E., 24 Hoagland, D. R., 20 Home garden, 11, 26, 54, 79 Home Garden, variety, 47 Horn worms, 92 Hot beds, 57 Howlett, F. S., 24 Husk tomato, 51 Hybrid vigor, 39 Ideal variety, 42 Immature green, 95 Insects, 91 Internal nutrition, 29 Irrigation, 76 Jamison, F. S., 98 John Baer, 47 Juice, 14 Ketchup, 14 King Humbert, 51 Klebs, 29 Kraus, E. J., 29 Kraybill, H. R., 29, 33 Lanham, W. B., 34 Leaf blight, 86, 88 Lime, 25 Lindstrom, E. W., 41 Longevity, 38 Loomis, W. E., 66, 69 Lug box, 103 MacGillivray, J. H., 33, 95 Mack, W. B., 35 Manure, animal, 34 Marglobe, 48 Market diseases, 90 Marketing, 93 Mature green, 95 Maturity, 94 Mosaic, 88 Mulch, 76, 78 Murneek, A. E., 31 Myers, C. E., 47 Newell, J. M., 21 Nitrogen, 26, 28, 37 Nutritive value, 11, 15, 18 Packing, 103 Parthenocarpy, 24 Penn State, 47 Per capita consumption, 18 Phosphorus, 26, 32, 35 Physalis, 51 Placement of fertilizer, 35 Plant beds, open, 56 Plants for transplanting, 53 Pollination, 23, 39 Ponderosa, 51 Potash, 26, 34 Potassium nitrate, 35 Potato beetle, 91 Pots, clay, 60 Pots, paper, 60 Price, 16 Pritchard, variety, 50 Pritchard, F. J., Frontispiece, 48, 87 Protectors, 72 Pruning, 67, 79 Puffiness, 102 Purdum, L. W., & Sons, 78 Puree and paste, 14 Rahn, E. M., 35 References, 11, 12, 119 Requirements, 20 Ripening, 96 Roadside selling, 112 Rosa, J. T., 69 Running to vine, 29 Rutgers, 50 Sando, C. E., 96 San Marzano, 51 Saving seed, 39, 40 Sayre, C. B., 35 Scarlet Dawn, 48 Seed, 38 Seed Sowing, 56, 63 Seed treatment, 63 Seedless fruits, 24 Selection, 40 Selling, 93, 110 Septoria, 86 Setting fruit, 29 Side dressing, 35, 37 Smith, Ora, 23 Soil, field, 25 Soil, plant growing, 63 Solution culture, 18 Southern plants, 56 Spacing in field, 73 Staking, 79 Stalk borer, 92 Starter solutions, 35, 75 Statistics, 16 Sterilizing soil, 63, 90 Stokesdale, 48 Stout, G. J., 35 Sunscald, 83 Temperature for plant growing, 65 Thompson, H. C, 82, 83, 98 Tiedjens, V. H., 37 Training, 79 Transplanters, 74 Transplanting, 66, 74 Trellis system, 79 Uses, 14 Varieties, 46 Vegetation and fruitfulness, 29 Victor, 47 Virus, 88 Water culture, 18 Watering, 74 Watering plants, 65 Watts, V. M., 70 Wellington, Richard, 39 Work, Paul, 31 Wright, R. C., 98 Yeager, A. F., 46, 47 Yellows (See also fusarium), 88 Yield, 16, 17, 117 Zimmerman, P. W., 24 FOOTNOTES: [1] Hoagland, D. R. and Arnon, D. I. The water culture method for growing plants without soil. Calif. Exp. 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