From llondon@bellsouth.net Thu Apr 1 23:10:20 1999 Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 20:59:09 -0800 From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." To: london@metalab.unc.edu Subject: [Fwd: [seed-saving] Book Recommendation] [ Part 1: "Included Message" ] Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 19:57:15 -0600 (CST) From: Bob Batson Reply-To: Seed Saving To: Seed Saving Subject: [seed-saving] Book Recommendation The book _Seed to Seed_ by Suzanne Ashworth (ISBN 0-9613977-7-2) and was published in 1991. It contains detailed information on saving many vegetable seeds. The German Language edition is called _Saatgutgewinnung im Hausgarten_, but I don't know its' ISBN. This book measures 8.5- x 11-inches (21.6 x 27.9 cm.) and contains 222 pages divided into 3 sections. Section I, "Saving Vegetable Seeds," primarily covers the following topics. Saving Our Garden Heritage Botanical Classifications Pollination and Flower Structure Maintaining Varietal Purity Seed Cleaning Methods Seed Storage Techniques Both Sections II & III give specific directions for saving the seeds of more than 100 common and rare vegetable varieties. The book ends with a glossary of terms that are used. The seeds covered are as follows: Leek Common Onions & Multipliers Japanese Bunching Onion Garlic & Rocambole Common Chives Garlic Chives (Chinese Chives) Horseradish White Flowered Mustard Indian Mustard & Mustard Greens Rutabaga (Swede Turnip), Siberian Kale & Rape Black Mustard Cabbage Broccoli & Cauliflower Kale & Collards Brussels Sprouts Kohlrabi Chinese Cabbage & Chinese Mustard Turnip & Broccoli Raab Sea Kale Rocket (Roquette) Maca Garden Cress Radish Large Leaf Watercress Watercress Orach (Mountain Spinach) Garden Beet, Sugar Beet, Mangel & Swiss Chard Lamb's Quarters Good King Henry Beetberry Quinoa Spinach Gobo (Japanese Burdock) Shungiku Endive & Escarole Chicory (Witloof) Cardoon Artichoke (Globe Artichoke) Sunflower Jerusalem Artichoke (Sunroot) Lettuce & Celtuce Yacon Black Salsify (Scorzonera) Salsify Wild Salsify Wax Gourd (Winter Melon) Watermelon & Citron West Indian Gherkin (Burr Cucumber) Muskmelon, Cantaloupe, Honeydew, Casaba, Armeniam Cucumber (Snake Melon), Asian Pickling Melon, Pocket Melon (Vine Pomegranate), Vine Peach (Mango Melon) Jelly Melon (African Horned Cucumber) Cucumbers (except Armeniam Cucumber, Burr Cucumber and African Horned Cucumber) Malabar Gourd (Chilacayote) Calabazilla Squash (banana, buttercup, hubbard, turban) Squash (green striped cushaw, white cushaw, wild Seroria squashes, silver seeded gourds) Squash (butternut, cheese, golden cushaw) Squash (acorn, crookneck, scallop, small striped & warted gourds, spaghetti squash, zucchini) Caihua (Achoecha) Hard Shelled Gourd Angled Luffa Smooth Luffa Balsam Apple Balsam Pear (Bitter Melon) Chayote (Vegetable Pear) Cassabanana Serpent Gourd Peanut Pigeon Pea Jack Bean Sword Bean Garbanzo (Chick Pea) Cluster Bean Hyacinth Bean Soybean Lentil Tarwi Ahipa Jicama (Yam Bean) Potato Bean Tepary Bean Runner Bean Lima Bean (Butter Bean) Common Bean Nunas (Popping Bean) Garden Pea & Edible Podded Pea Winged Bean & Asparagus Pea Fava Bean (Broad Bean) Moth Bean Adzuki Bean Black Gram Mung Bean (Green Gram) Rice Bean Cowpea Bean Yard Long Bean (Asparagus Bean) Sweet Pepper & Chili Pepper Kellu-uchu Tabasco & Squash Pepper Manzano Tree Tomato (Tamarillo) Tomato Currant Tomato Chinese Lantern Tomatillo (Mexican Husk Tomato) Cape Gooseberry (Poha) Wild Tomatillo Strawberry Tomato (Dwarf Cape Gooseberry) Downy Ground Cherry (Yellow Husk Tomato) Purple Ground Cherry Sunberry (Wonderberry) Tomato-Fruited Eggplant Eggplant Garden Huckleberry Pepino (Melon Pear) Common Nightshade (Poisonberry) Naranjilla Potato Celery & Celeriac Dill Chervil Peruvian Carrot Turnip-rooted Chervil Coriander Carrot Fennel Parsnip Parsley - Root Skirret Amaranth Malabar Spinach Water Spinach (Water Convolvulur) Sweet Potato Sorghum & Broom Corn Corn Basil Perilla Chinese Artichoke Asparagus Okra Martynia annua - Devil's Claw (Unicorn Plant) Proboscidea fragrans - Devil's Claw (Unicorn Plant) Proboscidea louisianica - Devil's Claw (Unicorn Plant) Rhubarb Garden Sorrel Mountain Sorrel French Sorrel Miner's Lettuce Purslane New Zealand Spinach Italian Corn Salad Common Corn Salad The book _Seed to Seed_ is available directly from the Seed Savers Exchange (3076 North Winn Road, Decorah, Iowa 52101; tel: +1-319-382-5990, FAX: +1-319-382-5872) and many seed companies in the US such as Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, Pinetree Seeds and others. It's also for sale at Amazon.com. The suggested retail price is around $20.00US. PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS: In my opinion, this is the best and most complete book on saving vegetable published to date. But I do believe it has some shortcomings and these are primarily due to the book not being updated. All of the major and minor vegetables that were commercially available in the US in 1991 are all well documented (e.g., Phaseolus spp, Capsicum spp., and Brassica oleracea [Gongylodes Group]). But vegetables that were either not commercially available or not grown in the US are only briefly described. This in includes such plants as Ahipa (Pachyrhizus ahipa), Jack Bean (Canavalia ensiformis), and Jicama (P. erosus). Hopefully, the author will update this fine work. ==================================================================== Bob Batson L 39 12 14 N 94 33 16 W bob@sky.net Kansas City TCS - Mystic Fire Priest USDA zone 5b ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Under the most controlled conditions, the experimental apparatus will do exactly as it pleases. --- You are currently subscribed to seed-saving as: llondon@bellsouth.net To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-seed-saving-78046O@franklin.oit.unc.edu