The Manual of Seed Saving: Harvesting, Storing, and Sowing Techniques for Vegetables, Herbs, and Fruits

486 Pages·2013·14.71 MB·English

by  Andrea Heistinger

THE
MANUAL
OF SEED
SAVING

THE
MANUAL
OF SEED
SAVING
Harvesting,
Storing,
and Sowing
Techniques
for Vegetables,
Herbs, and Fruits
Andrea Heistinger
In association with
Arche Noah
Pro Specie Rara
translated by Ian Miller
Timber Press Portland | London
Frontispiece: Lukas Heilingsetzer’s polyculture garden, Austria.
Polycultures help crops outcompete weeds and are in and of themselves more stable
ecosystems.
Copyright © 2003, 2010 by Loewenzahn.
Andrea Heistinger/Beate Koller/Pro Specie Rara: Handbuch Samengärtnerei. Sorten erhalten.
Vielfalt vermehren. Gemüse geniessen.
© Loewenzahn Verlag in der Studienverlag Ges.m.b.H., Innsbruck-Wien 2004.
English-language edition copyright © 2013 by Timber Press, Inc.
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Printed in China Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Heistinger, Andrea.
[Handbuch Samengärtnerei. English]
The manual of seed saving: harvesting, storing, and sowing techniques for vegetables,
herbs, and fruits/Andrea Heistinger; Arche Noah, Pro Specie Rara; translated by Ian Miller.—
English-language ed.
p. cm.
Translation of: Handbuch Samengärtnerei. Sorten erhalten. Vielfalt vermehren. Gemüse
geniessen.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-60469-382-9
1. Vegetables—Seeds. 2. Vegetables—Propagation. 3. Vegetables—Varieties. 4. Vegetable
gardening. I. Arche Noah. II. Pro Specie Rara (Foundation) III. Title.
SB324.75.H4513 2013
635—dc23 2012050582
A catalog record for this book is also available from the British Library.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Foreword to the First Edition
Why Propagate Your Own Vegetable Seed?
On Crop Diversity
Seed Gardening 101
The Plants
Amaranth | AMARANTHACEAE
Artichoke and relatives | ASTERACEAE
lettuce, endive, chicory, radicchio, cardoon, scorzonera, salsify, burdock,
garland chrysanthemum, Jerusalem artichoke, sunflower
Asparagus | ASPARAGACEAE
Brassicas | BRASSICACEAE
cabbage, savoy cabbage, kohlrabi, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts,
kale, collard greens, turnip, Chinese cabbage, bok choy, pak choi, broccoli
raab, mizuna, rutabaga, oilseed rape, mustard, radish, horseradish, arugula,
rocket, sea kale, garden cress, bittercress, watercress, scurvygrass,
spoonwort
Carrot and relatives | APIACEAE
parsley, celery, celeriac, parsnip, fennel, skirret, turnip-rooted chervil
Chinese mallow, curled mallow | MALVACEAE
Corn and relatives | POACEAE
wheat, rye, oats, barley, millet, sorghum, maize
Corn salad, lamb’s lettuce, mâche | VALERIANACEAE
Flax, linseed | LINACEAE
Legumes | FABACEAE
bush bean, pole bean, runner bean, hyacinth bean, lima bean, mung bean,
fava bean, pea, soybean, soya bean, chickpea, garbanzo, lentil, peanut
Malabar spinach, climbing spinach | BASELLACEAE
Mints, Chinese artichoke | LAMIACEAE
New Zealand spinach | AIZOACEAE
Onions | AMARYLLIDACEAE
shallot, topsetting onion, tree onion, Japanese bunching onion, Welsh onion,
leek, pearl onion, garlic, chives, garlic chives
Poppyseed | PAPAVERACEAE
Purslane, miner’s lettuce | PORTULACACEAE
Rhubarb and relatives | POLYGONACEAE
buckwheat, dock, sorrel
Spinach and relatives | CHENOPODIACEAE
beets, Swiss chard, spinach beet, orache, good King Henry, quinoa,
strawberry spinach
Squash | CUCURBITACEAE
pepo, zucchini, courgette, pumpkin, maxima, buttercup, moschata, butternut,
fig-leaf gourd, mixta, silver-seed gourd, cushaw, winter melon, wax gourd,
calabash, bottle gourd, cucumber, melon, watermelon
Tomato and relatives | SOLANACEAE
pepper, eggplant, aubergine, groundcherry, tomatillo, potato
Sources of Seed and Equipment
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
Radicchio page 74
Kohlrabi page 104
Carrots page 140
Mallow page 161