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The Tomato, Paul Work, 1949

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Written by Paul Work, Professor of Vegetable Crops at Cornell University and editor of the Market Growers Journal, copyright 1949. This is a comprehensive single-volume reference on America’s most popular garden vegetable.

The book covers the tomato from seed to sale, including planting methods, soil management, field culture, disease and pest control, varieties, harvesting, and marketing returns. 

Illustrated with black-and-white photographs throughout; the frontispiece is a portrait of Frederick J. Pritchard, the Cornell plant breeder credited with developing disease-resistant tomato varieties of improved type.

Green cloth hardcover with gilt spine lettering; dust jacket present with some edge wear and light creasing to flaps. Please review all photos carefully, and email me with any questions.

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