tomatoes

Strega Nona fills her basket with two dozen tomatoes from her garden that she intends to donate to the convent, but her effort is challenged by her mischievous goat and her haphazard assistant, Big Anthony.

Step-by-step instructions and color photographs show how to grow tomatoes, including how to care for the plants, deal with pests, and harvest. Includes a recipe and growing calendar.

Follow along as tomatoes on the farm are transformed into the ketchup on your table.

Discusses the history and the cultivation of the tomato.

Follows, in text and illustrations, the development of a tomato from seedling to full maturity.

Describes the different types of tomatoes and offers background and cultivation tips for more than 80 tomato varieties.

Shows how a tomato becomes ketchup, covering each step from the farm to the factory to the store shelf, and includes fun facts and a recipe for homemade ketchup.

Examines the history, cultivation, and uses of tomatoes.