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Heirloom vegetable gardening : a master gardener's guide to planting, seed saving, and cultural history / William Woys Weaver ; foreword by Jere Gettle, Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds ; photography by L. Wilbur Zimmerman and William Woys Weaver.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis, MN : Voyageur Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: Updated editionDescription: 480 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 076035992X
  • 9780760359921
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB324.73 .W43 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
The kitchen garden in America -- The heirloom vegetable today -- A grower's guide to selected heirloom vegetables -- Commercial seed and plant stock sources.
Awards:
  • IACP Award Winner
Summary: "[This] has always been a book for gardeners and cooks interested in unique flavors, colors, and history in their produce. This updated edition has been improved throughout with growing zones, advice, and new plant entries. Line art has been replaced with lush, full-color photography. Yet at the core, this book delivers on the same promise it made two decades ago: It's a comprehensive guide based on meticulous first-person research to these 300+ plants, making it a book to come back to season after season."--Page 4 of cover.
List(s) this item appears in: Vegetable Gardening
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves SB324.73 .W42 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800172215
Total holds: 0

"William Woys Weaver, four-time IACP Cookbook Award Winner"--Cover.

"First published in 1997 by Henry Holt and Company"--Title page verso.

"The essential guide for the curious gardener"--Page 4 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 446-457) and index.

The kitchen garden in America -- The heirloom vegetable today -- A grower's guide to selected heirloom vegetables -- Commercial seed and plant stock sources.

"[This] has always been a book for gardeners and cooks interested in unique flavors, colors, and history in their produce. This updated edition has been improved throughout with growing zones, advice, and new plant entries. Line art has been replaced with lush, full-color photography. Yet at the core, this book delivers on the same promise it made two decades ago: It's a comprehensive guide based on meticulous first-person research to these 300+ plants, making it a book to come back to season after season."--Page 4 of cover.

IACP Award Winner

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