Heirloom Fruits and Vegetables
By Toby Musgrave.
Description
A celebration of the beauty and rich history of heirloom varieties of fruits and vegetables.Fruits and vegetables have been a central part of our diets since time immemorial, and the history of their cultivation is rich with intriguing facts: Samuel Pepys’s diary entry for August 22, 1663, reveals that “Mr Newburne is dead of eating Cowcoumbers” (cucumbers); many tomato varieties were first bred in the United States and are still available, from“Striped German” to “Pink Ping Pong” to “Zapotec.”Today, numerous traditional fruit and vegeta...
ISBN(s)
0500516189, 9780500516188
