Publisher's Synopsis
This text contains a detailed guide on growing tomatoes and cucumbers. Easy-to-follow and full of helpful tips and hints, this text will be of much value to the novice home grower, and makes for a worthy addition to collections of vegetable-growing literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Introduction', 'Glasshouses', 'Tools', 'Compost Mixtures and Soil Sterlisation', 'Varieties', 'Propagation', 'Temperatures', 'Preparation of Borders', 'Planting in Pots and Boxes', 'Stalking', 'Watering and Ventilating', 'Training', 'Stopping and Feeding', 'Propagation by Cuttings', 'Novelties', etcetera. Many antiquarian books such as this are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are proudly republishing this text in an affordable modern edition.
