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Summary: Excellent Book!
Review: This book is definitely the one to get if you're interested in heirloom tomatoes. Not only does Carolyn J. Male give you very interesting and outstanding photos of the heirloom tomatoes (such as Lillian's Yellow Heirloom or Kellogg's Breakfast), but she also gives you thorough information on saving tomato seeds, creating a new heirloom tomato, and how to prepare your tomato plants. She makes everything she writes so convincing! It's like you get motivated to grow these heirloom tomatoes just looking at what the heirloom tomato looks like and the description of the taste. Carolyn Male also has thorough information on each popular heirloom variety. One of the heirloom tomatoes that I'm growing is Kellogg's Breakfast, one of Carolyn's HL tomatoes-- from what I read in her book -- it's like an exceptional tasting tomato with a fruity, citrus flavor! However, all of those heirloom tomatoes have different but amazing flavors! Much to choose from in her book.You definitely have to get this book, because it is amazing once you read about each of the tomatoes, how much greater-tasting they are compared to supermarket tomatoes!! A VERY good read.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent Book!
Review: This book is definitely the one to get if you're interested in heirloom tomatoes. Not only does Carolyn J. Male give you very interesting and outstanding photos of the heirloom tomatoes (such as Lillian's Yellow Heirloom or Kellogg's Breakfast), but she also gives you thorough information on saving tomato seeds, creating a new heirloom tomato, and how to prepare your tomato plants. She makes everything she writes so convincing! It's like you get motivated to grow these heirloom tomatoes just looking at what the heirloom tomato looks like and the description of the taste. Carolyn Male also has thorough information on each popular heirloom variety. One of the heirloom tomatoes that I'm growing is Kellogg's Breakfast, one of Carolyn's HL tomatoes-- from what I read in her book -- it's like an exceptional tasting tomato with a fruity, citrus flavor! However, all of those heirloom tomatoes have different but amazing flavors! Much to choose from in her book. You definitely have to get this book, because it is amazing once you read about each of the tomatoes, how much greater-tasting they are compared to supermarket tomatoes!! A VERY good read.
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Summary: Great Book - Exactly what it says on the cover
Review: This book is exactly what it says, 100 varieties, each illustrated with a full page, well taken colour photo. An additional 40 pages or so on history/tecnique go down well too. Shame that its not "more global" but it does say for the US garden I suppose. (I live in the UK.)
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Summary: Thank you Dr. Male for 3 years of fantastic tomatoes!
Review: This is the book for anybody who has ever bitten into a store-bought tomato and wondered whatever happened to rich, juicy flavor. Three years ago I was asking myself that same question when I stumbled across Dr. Carolyn Male's 100 HEIRLOOM TOMATOES FOR THE AMERICAN GARDEN. Written by an avid Seed Savers' Exchange member after she had grown more than 1,000 heirloom varieties of tomato, this book is an introduction to open-pollinated (as opposed to the unjustly popular hybridized) tomatoes for home gardeners. Dr. Male manages to discuss the historical and present significance of cultivating these heirlooms in a rational voice while yet relaying her passion for the flavorful heritage they represent to her. The field guide has full-page photographs of each kind with notes on their colorful origins, flavor types and everything else you could want to know about these personal treasures. Soon you will find yourself caught up in the mania to seek out the assortment of seeds that will yield tomatoes with character, lore and unbeatable taste. Although it has a truncated field guide format and flexible cover, 100 HEIRLOOM TOMATOES also serves as an excellent primer for general tomato culture. In the first 42 pates you will learn about selecting the right heirloom for your purposes, germinating and transplanting, common diseases and conditions, saving your own seeds, etc. Dr. Male looks at various standard schools of thought thoughout this section while presenting good arguments for her own practices. I found this book to be one of the more honest examinations of tomato varieties, from Dr. Male's frank mention of both pros and cons down to the photos, which displayed typical physiological flaws alongside more perfect examples of the fruit and foliage. After growing and sampling for myself several of the tomatoes recommended here, I can testify that the descriptions are spot-on while leaving some room for differing climatic and cultural conditions. Dr. Male's degree in microbiology and her regular gardening magazine article contributions further reinforce her as a noted authority in this field. This is a guide that the home gardener can have confidence in. Recommended for any home vegetable gardener and not a few specialty market gardeners besides.
-Andrea, aka Merribelle.
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Summary: Thank you Dr. Male for 3 years of fantastic tomatoes!
Review: This is the book for anybody who has ever bitten into a store-bought tomato and wondered whatever happened to rich, juicy flavor. Three years ago I was asking myself that same question when I stumbled across Dr. Carolyn Male's 100 HEIRLOOM TOMATOES FOR THE AMERICAN GARDEN. Written by an avid Seed Savers' Exchange member after she had grown more than 1,000 heirloom varieties of tomato, this book is an introduction to open-pollinated (as opposed to the unjustly popular hybridized) tomatoes for home gardeners. Dr. Male manages to discuss the historical and present significance of cultivating these heirlooms in a rational voice while yet relaying her passion for the flavorful heritage they represent to her. The field guide has full-page photographs of each kind with notes on their colorful origins, flavor types and everything else you could want to know about these personal treasures. Soon you will find yourself caught up in the mania to seek out the assortment of seeds that will yield tomatoes with character, lore and unbeatable taste. Although it has a truncated field guide format and flexible cover, 100 HEIRLOOM TOMATOES also serves as an excellent primer for general tomato culture. In the first 42 pates you will learn about selecting the right heirloom for your purposes, germinating and transplanting, common diseases and conditions, saving your own seeds, etc. Dr. Male looks at various standard schools of thought thoughout this section while presenting good arguments for her own practices. I found this book to be one of the more honest examinations of tomato varieties, from Dr. Male's frank mention of both pros and cons down to the photos, which displayed typical physiological flaws alongside more perfect examples of the fruit and foliage. After growing and sampling for myself several of the tomatoes recommended here, I can testify that the descriptions are spot-on while leaving some room for differing climatic and cultural conditions. Dr. Male's degree in microbiology and her regular gardening magazine article contributions further reinforce her as a noted authority in this field. This is a guide that the home gardener can have confidence in. Recommended for any home vegetable gardener and not a few specialty market gardeners besides.
-Andrea, aka Merribelle.
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