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Saving Seeds, Preserving Taste : Heirloom Seed Savers in Appalachia /

The Brown Goose, the White Case Knife, Ora's Speckled Bean, Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter?-?these are just a few of the heirloom fruits and vegetables you'll encounter in Bill Best's remarkable history of seed saving and the people who preserve both unique flavors and the Ap...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Best, Billy F., 1935-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Heritage fruit and heirloom seeds
  • Beans
  • Tomatoes
  • Heritage apples
  • Corn
  • Candyroasters
  • Cucumbers
  • Seed savers
  • Seeds, family, community, and traditions
  • Keepers and distributors of the seeds.