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The Heirloom Tomato Cookbook by Mimi Luebbermann #8577 $16.95
The Kendall-Jackson Heirloom Tomato Festival inspired this beautiful cookbook featuring elegant photographs and 50 mouth-watering recipes, such as Cherokee Purple Tomato BLT and Five-Minute Brandywine Sauce. It includes a discussion on favorite heirloom varieties, wine pairings, and tips on cultivating tomatoes, but it is really the recipes and the delicious flavors they promise that will make you want to grow these heirlooms. 132 pages. |
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The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest, by Carol W. Costenbader #8248 $18.95
Learn how to preserve all your homegrown produce with this classic primer that teaches how to dry, freeze, can, and pickle. Step-by-step illustrated instructions, informative charts, and delicious recipes make this book a fun and easy-to-use kitchen reference. Also in the book are recipes on jams, jellies, preserves, and marmalades, including tomato jam and five-pepper jelly. 347 pages. |
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Serving Up the Harvest By Andrea Chesman #8769 $16.95 
NEW FOR 2008. Celebrate your just-picked produce with these wholesome, delicious recipes that help turn what you grow into wonderful meals. The author organizes the book by crop-readiness, with the progression of recipes following the growing season. The vegetables are the stars of these recipes, which are simple yet innovative enough to be really enticing. Also included are tips for growing, harvesting, and cooking, plus nutritional facts about each vegetable. This book belongs on the bookshelf of those who love to cook as well as those who love to garden. 175 recipes and 501 pages. |
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Tantalizing Tomatoes by Brooklyn Botanic Garden #8616 $10.00
One of a series of gardening handbooks, this delightful book makes learning about tomatoes fun. Guest authors discuss tomato terminology, history, how to get started, growing and staking, pests and diseases, and more. Especially helpful is a section on difficult climates, with regional experts' advice on strategies and varieties. A discussion of 75 tomato varieties rounds out the book. Entertaining reading for everyone -- beginner and expert alike. 112 pages, more than 50 color photographs. |
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The Tomato Festival Cookbook by Lawrence Davis-Hollander #8236 $16.95
This book is a collection of 150 tomato recipes with innovative contributions from celebrity chefs along with versions of favorites such as marinara sauce and cream of tomato soup. You'll also find a discussion of heirloom tomato varieties, profiles of notable tomato gardeners, a chapter on how to grow tomatoes, plus lots of folklore and history. Very informative book for anyone who loves to grow tomatoes. 310 pages. |
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Pepper and Eggplant Disease Guide by Seminis Vegetable Seeds Pathology Department #8233 $30.00
This very helpful practical guide has 56 full pages of color photography showing all the major problems found on peppers and eggplant. Not only does the book cover bacterial, fungal, and viral diseases in detail, it also identifies insect pests and disorders such as blossom-end rot and cracking. For each problem, there is a discussion of cause, symptoms, and suggested controls. 60 pages. |
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Tomato Diseases: A Practical Guide for Seedsmen, Growers and Agricultural Advisors by Seminis Vegetable Seeds #8551 $30.00
Although this book may have a technical-sounding title, it is in fact an extremely useful and simple-to-follow identification guide to the major diseases and disorders of tomatoes. Each page discusses a disease--its causal agent, symptoms, conditions for development, and controls. Full-color photographs document disease symptoms, helping you to diagnose problems in your own garden. 62 pages, full-color photography. |
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The New Seed-Starters Handbook by Nancy Bubel #8140 $18.95
This newly revised and expanded edition is a complete, up-to-date reference for starting more than 200 vegetables, fruits, flowers, herbs, trees, and shrubs from seed. Guides the gardener from starting seeds indoors to planting outside to seed saving and seed storage. Detailed information on tomatoes and peppers includes when and how to plant, temperature and water requirements, protection against pests and diseases, and spacing in the garden. 400 pages. 20 photos and 80 illustrations. |
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Incredible Vegetables from Self-Watering Containers By Edward C. Smith #8348 $19.95
NEW FOR 2008. Written by the author of The Vegetable Gardener's Bible, this book shares secrets for growing vegetables and herbs in self-watering containers, all from an organic gardening point of view. It discusses choosing varieties, starting from seed, providing proper soil and nutrition, dealing with pests, and harvesting the bounty. There are details how to grow the most popular vegetables too, including tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants. In fact, this well-written book has so much useful information, it is a good general reference for anyone growing vegetables. 254 pages. |
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Chile Peppers by Brooklyn Botanic Garden #8346 $10.00
Another in a popular series of gardening books, this comprehensive volume will educate you in a hurry on the growing and eating of chile peppers. Sections by Paul Bosland and other pepper experts discuss the history of chiles, how to grow them in all climates and recognize their pests and diseases, and detailed directions for preserving and cooking them. More than a dozen inviting recipes and bright color photographs are sprinkled throughout this excellent and very user-friendly book. 111 pages. |
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Great Salsa Book by Mark Miller #8742 $16.95
This is the definitive salsa cookbook written by a famous chef and restaurant owner. It features more than 100 delicious salsas using combinations of tomatoes, chile peppers, tomatillos, fruit, beans, corn, and other healthful ingredients. Each recipe is accompanied by a full color photograph, a heat scale, and serving suggestions. These very tempting and creative recipes are certain to enliven your meals and help you make the most of your garden harvests. 148 pages. |
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Pepper Diseases: A Field Guide by Lowell L. Black, Sylvia K. Green, Glen L. Hartman, and Jean M. Poulos #8250 $10.00
Written by plant pathologists and plant breeders at Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, this field guide is a valuable reference for identifying pepper diseases. It contains vivid color photographs and explanations of the major diseases and disorders that affect peppers throughout the world. An extremely useful guide that no pepper grower should be without. Full color, 95 pages. |
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Poster: Tomatoes #8880 $20.00
Colorful, life-size varieties, many of which are found in this catalog. 24 inches x 36 inches |
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Poster: The Great Chile Poster #8875 $20.00
Features fresh chile peppers with their countries of origin, cooking uses, and a heat scale. 24 inches x 36 inches |
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