This antique volume contains a simple and concise guide to the growing of tomatoes and cucumber, offering its reader all the information someone occupied in this practice would need to know. Complete with simple, clear instructions, helpful tips and a plethora of detailed pictures and diagrams, this timeless text will prove invaluable to the novice grower. It will also be of some use to those with more experience as a reference text. The chapters of this book include: 'Propagation and Seed Raising', 'Early Stages', 'Growing On', 'The Final Move and General Treatment', 'The Fruiting Period', 'Diseases and Pests', 'Tomatoes in the Open Air', 'Types and Varieties', 'Cucumbers', 'Planting Out and Training', 'Frame and Outside Culture', 'Cucumber Diseases', etcetera. We are proud to republish this antique text now complete with a new introduction on kitchen gardening.