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GLORIOUS HEIRLOOM FRUITS & VEGETABLES.
- Source :
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Mother Earth News . Dec2009/Jan2010, Issue 237, p44-48. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- The article offers information on heirloom fruits and vegetables in the U.S. It relates the work of Seed Savers Exchange, a nonprofit network of gardeners who are devoted to the preservation and sharing of heirloom seeds. The Seed Savers Exchange's Heritage Farm in Decorah, Iowa has hundreds of 19th-century apple varieties. It traces the origins of melons. It outlines the advantages of heirloom vegetables over modern hybrid seeds.
- Subjects :
- *HEIRLOOM varieties (Plants)
*VEGETABLES
*FRUIT
*CULTIVARS
*APPLES
*MELONS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00271535
- Issue :
- 237
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Mother Earth News
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 45439968