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National Gardening Ben Watson |
Hybrid or Open Pollinated Is one type of vegetable seed better than another? |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Grow Space-Saving Tomatoes If you only have a small garden, there are varieties of tomatoes that will fit perfectly into the space. |
National Gardening |
Choosing Tomato Varieties Healthy, vigorous tomato vines can produce a lot of fruit. But of the thousands of varieties available, how do you narrow your choices? |
This Old House March 27, 2001 Lynn Ocone |
Growing Perfect Tomatoes Treat yourself to one of the true pleasures of summer: your own homegrown tomatoes fresh from the vine... |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Stand Out Veggies 'Brandywine' is one of the most popular heirloom tomatoes a home gardener can grow. Now there's a hybrid version of this classic named 'Brandy Boy' that has all the positive characteristics of the heirloom but with more uniform fruiting and better yields... 'Papaya Pear' summer squash... |
National Gardening Ben Watson |
Veteran Vegetables While you're planting some of the newest vegetables, don't forget to leave some room for these classics. |
National Gardening Deborah Wechsler |
Super-Nutritious Vegetables Now you can plant vegetables bred for their high nutrient content |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
When Good Tomatoes Go Bad Here's a list of eight of the most common tomato fruit problems not caused by insect or disease. |
National Gardening Carolyn Male |
Tomato Diseases Forewarned is forearmed: how to read your tomato leaves. |
National Gardening |
Tomato Problems Some problems with tomatoes are not caused by insects or diseases. Here are a few common problems. |
National Gardening Deborah Wechsler |
Growing Giant Tomatoes All about growing really humongous plants and tomatoes |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
New Vegetable Varieties National Gardening Seed Testers have evaluate new vegetable varieties in their backyard gardens one year in advance of these varieties being released for sale. This year's top 5 winners include an All America Selections winning pepper, plus a bush tomato, red lettuce, red radish, and a green bean... |
National Gardening Kathy Bond Borie |
Seed Catalog Savvy Reading between the lines to find the best varieties for your garden... |
National Gardening Michael MacCaskey |
Heirloom Beans Top chefs pick the most flavorful heirloom beans |
National Gardening Carol Deppe |
Breeding Your Own Squash A guide to plant breeding and seed saving in the squash and pumpkin patch... |
This Old House Therese Ciesinski |
Check out These Seeds From Your Local Library Of the roughly 17,000 public libraries across the country, about 350 are now "lending" seeds, up from just a handful 15 years ago. |
National Gardening Skip Richter |
A Tomato a Day May Keep the Doctor Away Apart from being a rich source of vitamins A and C, folic acid, and potassium, tomatoes have an additional beneficial nutrient. The compound lycopene, present in tomatoes and some other fruits and vegetables, is a powerful antioxidant that may help prevent cancer and other serious diseases. |
National Gardening Kris Wetherbee |
Meet the Asian Pears Growing your own is the surest way to experience them at peak flavor |
Food Processing April 2006 Ashman & Beckley |
Product Spotlight: How far can you push canned tomatoes? ConAgra's Hunt's brand tries to create a superpremium category for canned vegetables. Will it work? |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Second Harvest July is the perfect month to start thinking about the fall garden. Many of the vegetables you've enjoyed from the garden this spring and early summer can be grown and harvested this fall as well. |
Seasoned Cooking August 2004 J. Sinclair |
Tomatoes The ubiquitous summer vegetable is turning red (or orange or yellow or purple or ...) in gardens everywhere. Recipes: Fresh Tomato Relish... Ultimate Tomato-Grilled Cheese... |
National Gardening |
Food Gardening 101 It's a great treat to go shopping in your own garden to harvest fresh food. A small, well-tended garden can be just as productive as a large one that is ignored, so it is a good idea to start small and expand it as you need more space. |
National Gardening Jack Ruttle |
The Tomato-Vetch Connection A USDA-devised mulch system is revolutionizing tomato farming... |
National Gardening Shila Patel |
Drying Tomatoes Drying tomatoes is simple and the results -- delicious |
National Gardening Warren Schultz |
Sweeter Sweet Corn Sugary, enhanced varieties stay sweet longer on the stalk and in the kitchen. |
Chemistry World April 25, 2007 Bea Perks |
Tomatoes Once Tasted Like Cucumbers Plant geneticists have identified a gene in wild tomatoes that would have made the fruit taste of cucumbers. The gene appears to have been inactivated as the plant was domesticated, they say. |
National Gardening |
Big Pots - Early Tomatoes Large containers are attributed to the success of growing early tomatoes. |
National Gardening |
Blossom End Rot Blossom End Rot (BER) is a physiological disorder of tomatoes, peppers, and cucurbits caused by a calcium imbalance within the plant. The result is a water-soaked spot at the blossom end of the plant that enlarges, turning dark brown and leathery. |
National Gardening National Gardening editors |
Leave Doomed Tomatoes on the Vine Plastic mulch is the quickest way to ripe fruit... |
Wired May 2004 Richard Manning |
Super Organics Forget Frankenfruit - the new-and-improved flavor of gene science is Earth-friendly and all-natural. Welcome to the golden age of smart breeding. |
National Gardening June 2000 Beth Marie Renaud |
Tomatoes in a Can Growing full-size tomatoes in containers saves space and protects plants from disease |
National Gardening Lynn Ocone |
Planning a Vegetable Garden How to design and build a vegetable garden that really works |
National Gardening National Gardening editors |
The Facts of Life About Melons and Squash What you need to know about crosses and hybrids. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
The National Gardening Greenhouse The season never ends in the home solarium. |
National Gardening |
Insect Pests of Tomatoes Here's some basic information on several widespread pests that, like you, hanker for tomatoes. |
Prepared Foods January 1, 2006 Maria Caranfa |
On the National Menu Tilapia Heats Up American Menus... Heirlooms... A Sweetly Spicy Pair...'Poor Man's Pudding' No More!... MOOOVE Over Cows... etc. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Ties That Bind Quick, easy tomato tie-ups... |
This Old House Kathryn Keller |
Little Green Thumbs When it comes to gardening, kids can't wait to dig in. Here are some ideas to help them get growing. |
National Gardening Veronica Lorson Fowler |
Amazing Annual Vines These speedy climbers offer old-fashioned charm and quick landscape solutions |
BusinessWeek July 24, 2006 Adrienne Carter |
Eat Your Hybrid Veggies Innovation is sweeping through the farm sector, bringing surprises that go beyond exotic fruits jet-shipped from the ends of the earth. |
Chemistry World May 5, 2006 Katharine Sanderson |
Secret of Tasty Tomatoes Revealed Vine-ripened tomatoes are officially tastier than gas-ripened supermarket equivalents, and it's all down to their umami. Umami is gaining acceptance as the fifth basic taste (the others being bitter, salty, sour, and sweet). |
National Gardening Margery Guest |
On Becoming a Master Gardener Master Gardeners are a diverse lot. They come in many ages and from all walks of life. But the one thing they all have in common is the desire to share gardening knowledge and experience with other gardeners. |
National Gardening Deborah Wechsler |
Ten Steps to Giant Tomatoes If you want to join the ranks of supergrowers in your area, follow these 10 steps. |
AskMen.com Dustin Driver |
Healthy Seasonal Eating The following fruits and veggies are in their prime for healthy seasonal eating during the summer months in North America, and they'll be tasty and affordable at your local supermarket. |
Seasoned Cooking August 2010 Ronda L. Carnicelli |
Favorite Garden Find I have several little garden plots in my backyard. My herb garden tends to run amok, but I enjoy it anyway and it's rather amusing when my corgi comes in from the backyard smelling of mint. |
Science News March 24, 2007 Janet Raloff |
Planting the Seeds for Folate Enrichment Florida scientists have engineered tomatoes with 20 times the ordinary amount of folate, making them the most concentrated source of this important vitamin ever measured. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Best Winter Annuals For gardeners in the South, fall is the time to switch gears. While northern gardeners are pulling out plants in preparation for freezing temperatures, southern gardeners can plant pansies, violas, and other hardy annuals to provide color from winter to early spring. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Tomato Brush-off For stocky tomato plants, shake 'em... |
Chemistry World October 30, 2015 Emma Stoye |
GM tomato is a factory for healthy nutrients A tomato that has been genetically engineered to produce large quantities of potentially health-boosting compounds -- including flavanols and anthocyanins -- has been developed. |
Smithsonian November 2005 Gary Paul Nabhan |
35 Who Made a Difference: Jane Mt. Pleasant Over a three-decade career as an agricultural scientist, Mt. Pleasant has revitalized interest in the ancient Iroquois tradition of growing food through polyculture, a system that allows interdependent plants to flourish. |