• Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Descriptions of American Varieties of Tomatoes

Descriptions of American Varieties of Tomatoes

Paperback

Edible Plants

ISBN10: 1537450123
ISBN13: 9781537450124
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Sep 2 2016
Pages: 52
Weight: 0.32
Height: 0.11 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.02
Language: English
This special re-print edition of US Department of Agriculture's book Descriptions of Types of Principal American Varieties of Tomatoes s contains a large amount of information on some tomato varieties that were once widely grown in the United States for commercial purposes. Today, the varieties covered are classified as heirloom tomatoes. Written in 1933, included are details on the characteristics, advantages, uses and cultivation of several heirloom tomato varieties including the Globe, Bonny Best, Marglobe, Gulf State Market, Santa Clara Canner, Earliana, Stone and others. Today, these varieties are considered some of the best red varieties of heirloom tomatoes for the home garden or for farmer's markets. This short booklet is lavishly illustrated with rare photographs depicting the various features of these old tomato varieties. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.

Also in

Edible Plants