American Horticultural Society Plant
Propagation: The Fully Illustrated Plant-by-Plant Manual of Practical
Techniques, Toogood, Alan, ©
1999 DK Adult, A nice enough book and if you get into
propagation, this book is as good as the next.
Breed
Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The Gardener's & Farmer's Guide to
Plant Breeding & Seed Saving ,
Deppe, Carol © 2000 Chelsea Green If I ever meet Carol Deppe, I'm
buying her whatever she's drinking! She has written two of my
favorite gardening books of this decade – this one has a delightful
second half that discusses all the advantages and pitfalls of
seed-saving. Full of practical advise from the pen of 'one who
knows' it is a primary text on my shelf.
Heriloom
Vegetable Gardening – A Master Gardener's Guide to Planting, Seed
Saving and
Cultural History, Weaver, William Woys, © Henry Holt & Co Out of print but Mother Earth News sells a DVD of the whole book.
Cultural History, Weaver, William Woys, © Henry Holt & Co Out of print but Mother Earth News sells a DVD of the whole book.
The
Garden of Invention: Luther Burbank and the Business of Breeding
Plants,
Smith Jane S. © 2009, Penguin Press HC, At one time Luther Burbank
was held in the same echelon of American heroes as Henry Ford and
Thomas Edison and he should be still. The man who brought us Shasta
Daisies, the Burbank potato and Santa Rosa plums was truly a wizard
of propagation and breeding of plants.
The Grafters' Handbook,
Gardener, R. J. ©
2003 (2nd)
Cassell There is no other book that compares to this book for
grafting – it is out of print and the price is considerable now.
Having been in print continuously from the 1800's, (the English know
how to do this sort of thing, yes?) this book has it all; every thing
else is a shadow of this book.
The
Home Orchard,
Ingels, C. et al, ©
2007 UCNR Press, Failing The Grafter's Handbook this
book will fill in all the data you need to know and will lead you to
a productive and lovely home orchard as well. It is particularly
suited to California, which is natural because it's from the
University of California.
The
New Seed Starter's Handbook,
Bubel, Nancy © 1988, Rodale Books, The book that started me
towards growing most of my plants from seed – still the authority
today.
Where
Our Food Comes From: Retracing Nikolay Vavilov's Quest to End Famine,
Nabhan, Gary Paul © 2008, Island Press, Gary Paul Nabhan writes a
good deal about the seeds that feed us and this book is particularly
poignant. The story of a Russion (Soviet) scientist and his
dedication to discovering ways that would relieve hunger in the
Soviet Union, only to die of starvation himself in a Soviet Gulag is
riveting, allowing the reader to learn some fascinating facts about
the food we live on today. A well-written book and worth the read.
david
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