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Heirloom Vegetable Gardening: A Master Gardener's Guide to Planting, Seed Saving, and Cultural History
Heirloom Vegetable Gardening A Master Gardener's Guide to Planting Seed Saving and Cultural History
Author: William Woys Weaver
Julia Child Award for Food Reference. Jane Grigson Award for Distinguished Scholarship. Vast in scope and erudition; unique and enjoyable. In this encyclopedic guide to the history and cultivation of some of America's most treasured heirloom vegetables, food historian and organic gardener Will Weaver focuses on 280 profiled varieties of 37 v...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780614272291
ISBN-10: 0614272297
Publication Date: 6/1997
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Publisher: Henry Holt Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It consists of a general introduction and then several pages of text for each vegetable, plus several pages of color plates. The author has personal experience with each of these vegetables, and so the advice is indispensable. While I am personally not as interested in saving seeds as the author; as a vegetarian, I am always in search of interesting (and reliable) varieties of vegetables with honest (as opposed to seed catalog glorified) appraisals of each kind's productivity, flavor, and ease of culture. I also enjoyed discovering which non-fruiting parts of several vegetables plant are also edible. There were even a few vegetables I was unfamiliar with that I'm now eager to try: Goober peas (NOT peanuts!) and Chinese yams (a perennial in my zone!). A wonderful treasure to savor over the cold winter months.
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great book for gardening


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