Heirloom Plants and Seeds: Books

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Exceptional varieties for gardeners, growers and cooks.

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By cultivating these edible memories, Jordan reveals, we can stay connected to a delicious heritage of historic flavors, and to the pleasures and possibilities for generations of feasts to come.

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In this invaluable resource, Jere and Emilee Gettle, co-founders of the Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company, offer a wealth of knowledge to every kind of gardener—experienced pros and novices alike. From seed collecting to the history of seed varieties and name origins, The Heirloom Life Gardener takes you far beyond the heirloom tomato, and an extensive A to Z Growing Guide includes amazing heirloom varieties that many people have never even seen.

For home growers looking for interesting varieties to tend while saving threatened and forgotten plants for future generations.

Kentucky Heirloom Seeds: Growing, Eating, Saving is an evocative exploration of the seed saver's art and the practice of sustainable agriculture.

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A book that became an instant classic when it first appeared in 1995, Old Southern Apples is an indispensable reference for fruit lovers everywhere, especially those who live in the southern United States. Out of print for several years, this newly revised and expanded edition now features descriptions of some 1,800 apple varieties that either originated in the South or were widely grown there before 1928. Important work, not just for the South but for our region as well.

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Discusses the loss of fruit and vegetable varieties and the genetically modified industrial monocultures being used today, shares the author’s personal experiences growing, saving, and swapping seeds, and deconstructs the politics and genetics of seeds.