Review: Did you know that Clint Eastwood has a Tomato named after him?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 17, 2012
If you cannot grow a tomato plant after reading this book, then you are beyond hope. This is such a great book that it offers so much more than just growing tomatoes. I loved learning the history of this delightfully tasteful treat. I never knew that people grew these as an ornamental plant. Another interesting fact I learn was our government, or should I say, the Supreme Court declared the tomato to be a vegetable and for no other reason than to be able to tax it.Apparently, in the late 1880's there was an importer bringing in tomatoes to the US labeled as fruit. Since fruit at the time had no import taxes on them, he brought this in tax free. The government seeing a ton of money slipping through their hands had the Supreme Court change the definition or classification of the tomato from a fruit to a vegetable so they could tax it. It's interesting how money played the role of what a tomato is, a fruit or vegetable.Now, back to the reason I bought this book. In the past, I haven't had the best of luck at growing tomatoes so I knew I needed some help as I really want to grow these. I can say without a doubt after looking at several books on the subject, none of them hold a candle to this book. If there was such a thing as having a PhD in the art of growing tomatoes, this would be it.I never knew there was so much to know and so many different varieties of tomatoes. Another great plus is the section on how to treat your plants, seems there are as many things to go wrong as what can go right. However, I am curious as to how Clint Eastwood got a tomato named after him. I am now really to get out there and start me some tomato plants, maybe even try growing some Clint Eastwoods.This is educational and entertaining and thankful that I found and bought this book!