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BL
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760091
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b580062
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| Main Entry
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William D. Adams ; photographs by William D. Adams and Deborah J. Adams.
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| Title & Author
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The Texas tomato lover's handbook\ William D. Adams ; photographs by William D. Adams and Deborah J. Adams.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed
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| Publication Statement
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College Station : Texas A & M University, ©2011.
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| Series Statement
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AgriLife Research and Extension Service series.
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| Page. NO
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(viii, 189 pages) : color illustrations, color map.
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| ISBN
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1603442391
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: 1603442405
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: 9781603442398
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: 9781603442404
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| Contents
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History of the garden tomato --; Must-have tools for the tomato patch --; A recipe for the perfect tomato crop: basic cultural needs --; Locating the tomato patch --; Growing your own transplants --; Grafting tomatoes --; Preparing the soil --; How to build a raised bed --; Growing tomatoes in containers --; Growing tomatoes in a greenhouse --; Tending the tomato patch --; Planting and protecting new transplants --; Cages or stakes for support --; The row-cover benefit --; Maintaining soil fertility and foliar feeding --; Irrigation: not an option --; Cleaning up for the next crop --; Tomato varieties --; Hybrid varieties: medium to large fruit --; Open-pollinated and heirloom varieties: medium to large fruit --; Cherries and small-fruited varieties --; Insects, diseases, weeds, and varmints --; Tomato pests --; Insect pests --; Beneficial insects --; Trap crops --; Tomato diseases and environmental stress --; Organic and low-toxicity sprays that really work --; Pollination --; Tomato-snatching critters --; Weeds --; Tomato relatives --; Peppers --; Eggplants --; Tomatillos --; Potatoes --; Tomato source list.
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Tomatoes -- Breeding -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Tomatoes -- Diseases and pests -- Control -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Tomatoes -- Texas -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| LC Classification
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SB349.W555 2011
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| Added Entry
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Deborah J Adams
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William D Adams
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