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Gardening with Heirloom Seeds Gardening with Heirloom Seeds Tried-and-True Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables For A New Generation Lynn Coulter The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill © 2006 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved Set in Arnhem and Bickham types by Eric M. Brooks Manufactured in China This book was published with the assistance of the Blythe Family Fund of the University of North Carolina Press. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Coulter, Lynn. Gardening with heirloom seeds: tried-and-true flowers, fruits, and vegetables for a new generation / by Lynn Coulter. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-80783011-6 (cloth: alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8078-3011-9 (cloth: alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-8078-5680-2 (pbk.: alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8078-5680-0 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Seeds. 2. Vegetable gardening. 3. Flower gardening. 4. Fruit-culture. I. Title. SB117.C74 2006 635—dc22 2005031389 cloth 10 09 08 07 06 5 4 3 2 1 paper 10 09 08 07 06 5 4 3 2 1 To Bill Like Muir, a mountain-dweller With thanks to Michael for the love and chocolate chip cookies In memory of James and Juanita Baxter Contents Acknowledgments A Celebration of Seeds The Garden in Spring Beet Cabbage Columbine Garden Pea Larkspur Lettuce Pink Poppy Radish Snapdragon Spinach Sweet Pea The Garden in Summer Amaranth Carrot Corn Cornflower Cosmos Cucumber Cuphea Eggplant Four O’clock Foxglove Garden Bean Heliotrope Hollyhock Kiss-Me-Over-the-Garden-Gate Lima Bean and Runner Bean Melon Mignonette Morning Glory Nasturtium Nicotiana Nigella Onion Pepper Petunia Salvia Scabiosa Southern Pea Squash Sunflower Tomato Watermelon Zinnia The Garden in Fall Aster Chard Kale and Collards Pansy Pumpkin Turnip The Garden in Winter Bibliography Where to Find Heirloom Seeds or Visit Heirloom Gardens Index

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Heirloom seeds are more than the promise of next summer's crookneck squash or jewel-colored zinnias. They're living antiques handed down from one generation to the next, a rich inheritance of flavor and beauty from long ago and, often, far away. They are sometimes better adapted to pests and harsh c
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Gardening with Heirloom Seeds Gardening with Heirloom Seeds Tried-and-True Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables For A New Generation Lynn Coulter The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill © 2006 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved Set in Arnhem and Bickham types by Eric M. Brooks Manufactured in China This book was published with the assistance of the Blythe Family Fund of the University of North Carolina Press. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Coulter, Lynn. Gardening with heirloom seeds: tried-and-true flowers, fruits, and vegetables for a new generation / by Lynn Coulter. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-80783011-6 (cloth: alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8078-3011-9 (cloth: alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-8078-5680-2 (pbk.: alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8078-5680-0 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Seeds. 2. Vegetable gardening. 3. Flower gardening. 4. Fruit-culture. I. Title. SB117.C74 2006 635—dc22 2005031389 cloth 10 09 08 07 06 5 4 3 2 1 paper 10 09 08 07 06 5 4 3 2 1 To Bill Like Muir, a mountain-dweller With thanks to Michael for the love and chocolate chip cookies In memory of James and Juanita Baxter Contents Acknowledgments A Celebration of Seeds The Garden in Spring Beet Cabbage Columbine Garden Pea Larkspur Lettuce Pink Poppy Radish Snapdragon Spinach Sweet Pea The Garden in Summer Amaranth Carrot Corn Cornflower Cosmos Cucumber Cuphea Eggplant Four O’clock Foxglove Garden Bean Heliotrope Hollyhock Kiss-Me-Over-the-Garden-Gate Lima Bean and Runner Bean Melon Mignonette Morning Glory Nasturtium Nicotiana Nigella Onion Pepper Petunia Salvia Scabiosa Southern Pea Squash Sunflower Tomato Watermelon Zinnia The Garden in Fall Aster Chard Kale and Collards Pansy Pumpkin Turnip The Garden in Winter Bibliography Where to Find Heirloom Seeds or Visit Heirloom Gardens Index

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