76

CHAPTER XIII

STAKING, TRAINING AND PRUNING 79

CHAPTER XIV

RIPENING, GATHERING, HANDLING AND MARKETING 90
THE FRUIT

CHAPTER XV

ADAPTATION OF VARIETIES 97

CHAPTER XVI

SEED BREEDING AND GROWING 112

CHAPTER XVII

PRODUCTION FOR CANNING 117

CHAPTER XVIII

COST OF PRODUCTION 121

CHAPTER XIX

INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE TOMATO 123

CHAPTER XX

TOMATO DISEASES 131

INDEX 148

ILLUSTRATIONS

FIGURE PAGE

1. Where new varieties of tomatoes are developed
and tested _Frontispiece_

2. Tomato flowers 2

3. Two-celled tomato 3

4. Three-celled tomato 3

5. Currant tomato and characteristic clusters 5

6. Red cherry tomato 6

7. Pear-shaped tomato 8

8. Yellow plum tomato 9

9. One of the first illustrations of the tomato 11

10. An early illustration of the tomato 12

11. Typical bunch of modern tomatoes 27

12. Tomatoes trained to stakes in the South 35

13. Three-sash hotbed 52

14. Cross-section of hotbed 53

15. Cold-frames on hill-side 54

16. Transplanting tomatoes under cloth-covered
frames 56

17. Spotting-board for use in cold-frames 61

18. Spotting-board for use on flat 62

19. Tomatoes sown and allowed to grow in hotbeds 69

20. Planting tomatoes on a Delaware farm 75

21. Training tomatoes in Florida to single stake 81

22. Tomato plant trained to single stake 82

23. Method of training to three stems in
forcing-house and out of doors 83

24. Training on line in greenhouse 84

25. Ready to transplant in greenhouse 85

26. Training young tomatoes in greenhouse at New
York exp