Free Tomato Books 1800's - 1920's (PDFs)

John3 · March 17, 2010

Not only tomatoes books but books on farm tools, farming, school books for farming (yep they taught that in the schools) and more

Forcing tomatoes (1902)
http://www.archive.org/details/forcingtomatoes00beal

Tomatoes and how to grow them .. ([191-?])
http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924085711459

Fertilizer experiments with greenhouse lettuce and tomatoes (1927)
http://www.archive.org/details/fertilizerexperim00lloy

Fruits and vegetables under glass; apples, apricots, cherries, figs, grapes, melons, peaches and nectarines, pears, pineapples, plums, strawberries; asparagus, beans, beets, carrots, chicory, cauliflowers, cucumbers, lettuce, mushrooms, radishes, rhubarb, sea kale, tomatoes (1912)
http://www.archive.org/details/fruitsvegetables00turn

Tomato culture; a practical treatise on the tomato, its history, characteristics, planting, fertilization, cultivation in field, garden, and greenhouse, harvesting, packing, storing, marketing, insect enemies and diseases, with methods of control and remedies, etc., etc (1919)
http://www.archive.org/details/tomat...epra00tracuoft

Livingston and the tomato : being the history of experiences in discovering the choice varieties introduced by him, with practical instructions for growers (1893)
http://www.archive.org/details/livingstontomato00livi

Vegetation and reproduction with special reference to the tomato .. (1918)
http://www.archive.org/details/vegetationreprod00krau

Tomato culture; a practical treatise on the growing and cultivation of the tomato (1913)
http://www.archive.org/details/tomatoculturepra00vanc

Tomato culture; a practical treatise on the tomato, its history, characteristics, planting, fertilization, cultivation in field, garden, and green house, harvesting, packing, storing, marketing, insect enemies and diseases, with methods of control and remedies, etc., etc (1907)
http://www.archive.org/details/tomat...epra00traciala

The tomato: with cultural directions for maintaining a continuous supply of fruit, including also special instructions for amateurs, growers of fruits for markets, and exhibitors, a chapter on diseases and insect pests, and their prevention, and a list of sixty good and useful recipes for the guidance of cooks (1889)
http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924003392283

The art of cookery made easy and refined: comprising ample directions for preparing every article requisite for furnishing the tables of the nobleman, gentleman, and tradesman (1802)
http://www.archive.org/details/artofcookerymade00moll2

The book of a thousand gardens; (1912)

http://www.archive.org/details/bookofthousandga00fiel

PNW_D · March 17, 2010

What an interesting read this a.m.

and for those that don't have the time, zoom in and check out "Some Big Tomatoes"

http://www.archive.org/stream/bookof...ge/20/mode/2up

stormymater · March 17, 2010

"A little rough but good"

ROFL! I WANT to grow THOSE Maters! OMG!

John3 · March 17, 2010

I typed in American bee journal and found about 70 issues in pdf, etc

John3 · March 21, 2010

Not a tomato book but it looks very interesting

The American orchardist : or, A practical treatise on the culture and management of apple and other fruit trees, with observations on the diseases to which they are liable, and their remedies : to which is added the most approved method of manufacturing and preserving cider, and also wine from apple juice and currants : adapted to the use of American farmers, and all lovers and cultivators of fine fruit (1825)

http://www.archive.org/details/ameri...dist00thacrich

Unfermented apple juice (1908)

http://www.archive.org/details/unfer...pple00gorerich

jhp · March 22, 2010

I love the Book of a Thousand Gardens! There's even someone in there from my town!

http://www.archive.org/stream/bookof...search/danbury

Thanks for posting it PNW_D and John3 too!

Penny · March 22, 2010

Cool, thanks, lots of reading there, good for a rainy day.

John3 · March 31, 2010

not tomatoes - I found this
Illustrated descriptive catalogue of grape vines, small fruit, and seed potatoes, cultivated and for sale at the Bushberg vineyards and orchards, Jefferson County, Mo., with brief directions for planting and cultivating (1869)
here
http://www.archive.org/details/illustrateddescr02bush

and this on on roses
The rose, historical and descriptive; gathered from various sources (1879)
http://www.archive.org/details/rosehistoricalde00shaw

It's a cool place to search around at

Direct Sunlight · October 6, 2011

Those books are a fascinating read. When they talk about the work involved it makes me feel very, very lazy.

I was reading in the Henry Field book and one of the gardeners mentioned Paris Green. She used it on her cucumbers, beans, etc "about 8 pounds worth". It sounded familiar so I looked it up on the internet. Apparently it was used widely by artists and still is to some extent. It also kills, well, lots of things, including pretty much anything that eats it. Most arsenic compounds do that!

semi_lucid · October 7, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by stormymater

"A little rough but good"

ROFL! I WANT to grow THOSE Maters! OMG!

So what variety were those things?

Direct Sunlight · October 7, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by semi_lucid

So what variety were those things?

In the 1919 book, Golden Trophy were listed as "a large rough variety". It doesn't say how good they were.

The article "Some Big Tomatoes" doesn't tell what kind they were. I believe I'll go with the normal and good, if given the option.

John3 · February 16, 2012

Tomato culture for amateurs. A guide to its successful cultivation under glass and in the open air (1905)

http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924003377466

John3 · February 16, 2012

The manufacture of tomato products, including whole tomato pulp or puree, tomato catsup, chili sauce, tomato soup, trimming pulp (1919)

http://www.archive.org/details/manufactureoftom00hier

John3 · February 16, 2012

Tomato raising in common gardens (1870)

http://www.archive.org/details/tomatoraisinginc00tayl

John3 · February 17, 2012

Fertilizer experiments with tomatoes (1913)

http://www.archive.org/details/fertilizerexperi142dacy

Tomato notes (1908)

http://www.archive.org/details/tomatonotes117muns

The process of ripening in the tomato, considered especially from the commercial standpoint (1920)

http://www.archive.org/details/processofripenin00sand

Fruits and vegetables under glass; apples, apricots, cherries, figs, grapes, melons, peaches and nectarines, pears, pineapples, plums, strawberries; asparagus, beans, beets, carrots, chicory, cauliflowers, cucumbers, lettuce, mushrooms, radishes, rhubarb, sea kale, tomatoes (1912)

http://www.archive.org/details/fruitsvegetables00turn

Tomatoes and how to grow them .. ([191-?])

http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924085711459

On the growing and marketing of tomatoes (1897)

http://www.archive.org/details/ongrowmarktoma

Growing tomatoes for early market (1910)

http://www.archive.org/details/growingtomatoesf00lloy

Fertilizer experiments with greenhouse tomatoes (1937)

http://www.archive.org/details/fertilizerexperim00lloyd

March 17, 2010	#1
John3 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Alabama 7.5 or 8 depends on who you ask Posts: 727	Free Tomato Books 1800's - 1920's (PDFs) Not only tomatoes books but books on farm tools, farming, school books for farming (yep they taught that in the schools) and more Forcing tomatoes (1902) http://www.archive.org/details/forcingtomatoes00beal Tomatoes and how to grow them .. ([191-?]) http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924085711459 Fertilizer experiments with greenhouse lettuce and tomatoes (1927) http://www.archive.org/details/fertilizerexperim00lloy Fruits and vegetables under glass; apples, apricots, cherries, figs, grapes, melons, peaches and nectarines, pears, pineapples, plums, strawberries; asparagus, beans, beets, carrots, chicory, cauliflowers, cucumbers, lettuce, mushrooms, radishes, rhubarb, sea kale, tomatoes (1912) http://www.archive.org/details/fruitsvegetables00turn Tomato culture; a practical treatise on the tomato, its history, characteristics, planting, fertilization, cultivation in field, garden, and greenhouse, harvesting, packing, storing, marketing, insect enemies and diseases, with methods of control and remedies, etc., etc (1919) http://www.archive.org/details/tomat...epra00tracuoft Livingston and the tomato : being the history of experiences in discovering the choice varieties introduced by him, with practical instructions for growers (1893) http://www.archive.org/details/livingstontomato00livi Vegetation and reproduction with special reference to the tomato .. (1918) http://www.archive.org/details/vegetationreprod00krau Tomato culture; a practical treatise on the growing and cultivation of the tomato (1913) http://www.archive.org/details/tomatoculturepra00vanc Tomato culture; a practical treatise on the tomato, its history, characteristics, planting, fertilization, cultivation in field, garden, and green house, harvesting, packing, storing, marketing, insect enemies and diseases, with methods of control and remedies, etc., etc (1907) http://www.archive.org/details/tomat...epra00traciala The tomato: with cultural directions for maintaining a continuous supply of fruit, including also special instructions for amateurs, growers of fruits for markets, and exhibitors, a chapter on diseases and insect pests, and their prevention, and a list of sixty good and useful recipes for the guidance of cooks (1889) http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924003392283 The art of cookery made easy and refined: comprising ample directions for preparing every article requisite for furnishing the tables of the nobleman, gentleman, and tradesman (1802) http://www.archive.org/details/artofcookerymade00moll2 The book of a thousand gardens; (1912) http://www.archive.org/details/bookofthousandga00fiel

March 17, 2010	#2
PNW_D Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: West Coast, Canada Posts: 961	What an interesting read this a.m. and for those that don't have the time, zoom in and check out "Some Big Tomatoes" http://www.archive.org/stream/bookof...ge/20/mode/2up __________________ D.

March 22, 2010	#6
jhp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Danbury, CT Posts: 492	I love the Book of a Thousand Gardens! There's even someone in there from my town! http://www.archive.org/stream/bookof...search/danbury Thanks for posting it PNW_D and John3 too! Last edited by jhp; March 22, 2010 at 12:47 PM.

October 6, 2011	#9
Direct Sunlight Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: N. Texas, Zone 8A Posts: 79	Those books are a fascinating read. When they talk about the work involved it makes me feel very, very lazy. I was reading in the Henry Field book and one of the gardeners mentioned Paris Green. She used it on her cucumbers, beans, etc "about 8 pounds worth". It sounded familiar so I looked it up on the internet. Apparently it was used widely by artists and still is to some extent. It also kills, well, lots of things, including pretty much anything that eats it. Most arsenic compounds do that! __________________ "Sure it grows where you are, but..."

February 16, 2012	#12
John3 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Alabama 7.5 or 8 depends on who you ask Posts: 727	Tomato culture for amateurs. A guide to its successful cultivation under glass and in Tomato culture for amateurs. A guide to its successful cultivation under glass and in the open air (1905) http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924003377466

March 17, 2010	#3
stormymater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pleasure Island, NC 8a Posts: 1,162	"A little rough but good" ROFL! I WANT to grow THOSE Maters! OMG!

March 21, 2010	#5
John3 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Alabama 7.5 or 8 depends on who you ask Posts: 727	Not a tomato book but it looks very interesting The American orchardist : or, A practical treatise on the culture and management of apple and other fruit trees, with observations on the diseases to which they are liable, and their remedies : to which is added the most approved method of manufacturing and preserving cider, and also wine from apple juice and currants : adapted to the use of American farmers, and all lovers and cultivators of fine fruit (1825) http://www.archive.org/details/ameri...dist00thacrich Unfermented apple juice (1908) http://www.archive.org/details/unfer...pple00gorerich

March 22, 2010	#7
Penny Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 948	Cool, thanks, lots of reading there, good for a rainy day.

March 31, 2010	#8
John3 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Alabama 7.5 or 8 depends on who you ask Posts: 727	not tomatoes - I found this Illustrated descriptive catalogue of grape vines, small fruit, and seed potatoes, cultivated and for sale at the Bushberg vineyards and orchards, Jefferson County, Mo., with brief directions for planting and cultivating (1869) here http://www.archive.org/details/illustrateddescr02bush and this on on roses The rose, historical and descriptive; gathered from various sources (1879) http://www.archive.org/details/rosehistoricalde00shaw It's a cool place to search around at

February 17, 2012	#15
John3 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Alabama 7.5 or 8 depends on who you ask Posts: 727	Fertilizer experiments with tomatoes (1913) http://www.archive.org/details/fertilizerexperi142dacy Tomato notes (1908) http://www.archive.org/details/tomatonotes117muns The process of ripening in the tomato, considered especially from the commercial standpoint (1920) http://www.archive.org/details/processofripenin00sand Fruits and vegetables under glass; apples, apricots, cherries, figs, grapes, melons, peaches and nectarines, pears, pineapples, plums, strawberries; asparagus, beans, beets, carrots, chicory, cauliflowers, cucumbers, lettuce, mushrooms, radishes, rhubarb, sea kale, tomatoes (1912) http://www.archive.org/details/fruitsvegetables00turn Tomatoes and how to grow them .. ([191-?]) http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924085711459 On the growing and marketing of tomatoes (1897) http://www.archive.org/details/ongrowmarktoma Growing tomatoes for early market (1910) http://www.archive.org/details/growingtomatoesf00lloy Fertilizer experiments with greenhouse tomatoes (1937) http://www.archive.org/details/fertilizerexperim00lloyd