A Guide to Choosing and Cultivating the Most Delicious Tomatoes Varieties

mmcgr: This book is excellent in all respects. Tons of great information coupled with excellent photographs. Better by far than I expected and exactly what I hoped for.

United States on Jun 22, 2023

Myles Devlin: this product was amazing taught me everything i need to now about tomatoes

United States on Jun 19, 2023

book critic: Great for the gardener and armchair catalog collecting gardener who wishes they grew tomatoes. This year I am attempting to grow cherry and beefsteak's. I don't want to be labeled procrastinator. But, if you are intrigued with tomatoes and the many varieties, buy this book!

United States on May 05, 2023

Amazon Customer: Great book
Enjoy !!

All you need for success growing Heirloom tomatoes.
In Naples Florida they are 8.59 a pound and picked prematurely.
If you desire the best tasting tomatoes, grow them yourself.
"Everyone is a farmer; we just differ in the size of our plots. "

United States on Apr 16, 2023

NJ: This is the best tomatoe book on the planet! Well laid out, concise details and I am getting the best tomatoe crop I have ever had. Viva la tomatoe!

Canada on Jul 23, 2022

Marielle Strong: I really enjoyed the content of this book. It is very easy to read and has many new innovative ways to expand your gardening area. There are new and scientifically based proven ideas to grow the best tomatoes by a well informed writer. I learned many new techniques and have grown tomatoes many years. I give it and A+.

Canada on Nov 02, 2021

Mark: This is the only book you need as a Tomato Geek.

Craig is to Tomato as Eliot Coleman is to Organic.

His passion shines through in his writing and the information within is valuable to both the person sowing their 1st Tomato seed as much as it is to the Tomato NERD like myself. I hadn't known of anyone(that I hadn't shared a harvest with) to have such an appreciation and respect for my favorite variety, Mexico's Midget as Craig and this book has inspired me to become involved in Tomato breeding as well as helped me diagnose my non-organic gardener's Tomato related problems.

Anytime someone from a local Facebook gardening Group asks about Tomatoes, Craig's website & book are the first things I refer them to.

To summarize, the information in this book is invaluable and the passion of the Author for Tomatoes is inspiring. 5/5!

Canada on Aug 16, 2019

Bennie: Wow - after finding out about GMOs in our food, I ordered over 20 books to start growing my own - this is my favorite so far!

It is fun, fun, fun! Lots of huge, nice, color pictures that inspire and make you smile to look at: tomatoes of so many different varieties pictured on the vine, cut open, and described, so you get a real close look at them and can decide if you would like to grow that variety yourself. Lots of good tips on how to do that. Love the author's style: for example, he says, rather than telling you how to plant he wants to share what has worked from him and still learn from others - he has experience in two different climates. Lots of good tips to get me started in the southeast, for sure. Even the table of contents is presented in a fun style with chapter headings printed on little seed bags and labels - just gives you a good feeling to look at this book. It is huge (8.5 by 11 inches - like a piece of paper) and has good quality material and easy to read print.

The only thing I don't like is that it has a horrible smell to it - maybe my copy did not have the print cured/dried properly - but I am hoping that will dissipate with time and I am happy...

United States on Mar 20, 2016

Andrea F.: Craig LeHoullier's "Epic Tomatoes" beschreibt von der Geschichte der heutigen Tomaten über die einzelnen Schritte von Tomatenanbau und -pflege bis hin zur Ernte alles Wissenswerte für Hobbygärtner, die gerne ihre eigenen Tomaten ziehen möchten. Die Samengewinnung und Zucht eigener Sorten werden ebenfalls beschrieben. Auch gibt es Tipps zur Konservierung und je ein Rezept für eine Gazpacho und Salsa.

Ein wichtiger Punkt in "Epic Tomatoes" sind die alten, samenechten Sorten, wo der Autor den Leser ermuntert, ihnen ggü. den heutzutage weit verbreiteten F1-Hybriden auch eine Chance zu geben. Zusätzlich zu den immer wieder eingestreuten detaillierteren Sortenvorstellungen als "Meet the varieties" oder "Ten tastiest" gibt es im Anhang eine tabellarische, nach Farben geordnete Liste von 250 Tomatensorten mit Kurzangaben zu Form, Grösse, Wuchs, Erntezeitpunkt early/mid/late und Geschmack, was die Auswahl für den eigenen Anbau erleichtert; abgesehen von den alten heirloom und anderen open-pollinated tomatoes werden auch einige F1-Hybride empfohlen, die sind jedoch in der Minderheit.

Anders als viele andere Bücher zum Gärtnern ist "Epic Tomatoes" kein trockenes...

Germany on Aug 22, 2015

LindyBrown: There is NOTHING like a fresh ripe heirloom tomato from the garden. Store purchased tomatoes just will never come close. I'm a bit of a tomato nerd, I will freely admit it. I read everything about heirloom tomato growing, and love growing strange coloured, rare varieties (I am partial to purple-black tomatoes!). A lot of gardening is just trial and error, and I thought I had a pretty good grasp of the general information out there when it comes to tomato growing. This book, however, taught me something new on every page! Either about the history of the heirloom tomatoes themselves, clearly explained methods for starting and transplanting, and plenty of common sense easy to follow advice from one of the 'big names' in the heirloom tomato world today. Not only that, but the book is GORGEOUS. I don't have any other gardening book as beautiful as this one! It's enchanting! I know I will be reading this volume for years to come and referring to it throughout the season. I am especially interested in trying the recipes for multi coloured salsas. If you have a growing interest in tomatoes beyond your average big-box store pickings, this book will help you be successful and truly be able...

Canada on Jan 25, 2015