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75 EXCITING VEGETABLES FOR YOUR GARDEN By: Jack Staub
Gibbs Smith
March 2005
On Sale: March 11, 2005
240 pages ISBN: 1586852507 EAN: 9781586852504 Hardcover
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"A Charming And Unique Primer Of The Worldβs Most Beautiful Vegetables" This enchanting book showcases 75 of the worldβs most beautiful vegetables and harkens back to the volumes of an earlier age when books such as these were as much prized for their illustrative and literary style as their content. Each brief, delightful chapter of Exciting Vegetables is dedicated to a single vegetable cultivar, enumerating itβs visual and edible charms, relating its fascinating history, advising the reader on itβs successful culture, and even including a savory recipe tip. Each chapter also contains an historic or informative call-out thatβs sure to engage any gardening enthusiast, as well as a beautiful, full- color rendering of every featured vegetable by outstanding illustrator Ellen Buchert.
 Media BuzzAll Things Considered - August 28, 2006
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