Growing great garlic : the definitive guide for organic gardeners and small farmers / Ron L. Engeland ; illustrated by Jim Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Engeland, Ron L.

Contributor:

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Garlic.

Organic gardening.

Penn Provenance:

Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)

Physical Description:

xii, 213 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Okanogan, WA : Filaree Productions, 1991.

Summary:

"The first garlic book written specifically for organic gardeners and small-scale farmers""Growing Great Garlic" is the definitive grower's guide written by a small scale farmer who makes his living growing over 200 strains of garlic. Commercial growers will want to consult this book regularly.The author tells us: which strains to plantwhen to fertilizewhen to plantwhen to prune flower stalkshow to plantwhen to harvestPlus, how to store, market, and process the crop."Growing Great Garlic" makes a genuine contribution in the field of garlic classification that will help the public recognize several distinct varietal types of garlic.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-195) and index.

Local Notes:

Blank Collection copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.

Blank Collection copy is "Fifth Printing, 1995".

ISBN:

0963085018

9780963085016

OCLC:

26064602

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